“HTML5: The Facts And The Myths” and other Google Starred Items
Bruce Lawson, Remy Sharp: “In reality, if you were serving your pages as a combination of text and HTML, rather than XML (and you probably were, because Internet Explorer 8 and below couldn’t render true XHTML), then it never mattered anyway: the browser never cared about trailing slashes, quoted attributes or case—only the validator did. …If you need to use XML rather than HTML, you can use XHTML5, which includes all the wonders of HTML5 but which must be in well-formed XHTML syntax (i.e. quoted attributes, trailing slashes to close some elements, lowercase elements and the like.)”
“Microsoft Switches to WordPress for Windows Live-Based Blogs”
Paul Thurrott: “‘We’re excited to announce that WordPress.com is now the default blogging platform for Windows Live Spaces users. We’ve worked with our partners at Microsoft to create a simple migration service for Spaces bloggers to easily bring all their posts, comments, and photos to WordPress.com.’”
“Create a Dark and Gloomy Photo Manipulation in Photoshop”
Aleksandar Simic: “Photoshop is great because it allows us to combine several images into a scene that can’t always be created in real life. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to combine several stock images into one gloomy scene. Let’s get started!”
“W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web”
Jolie O’Dell: “We’re fairly uncertain that any developers will stop deploying HTML5 websites simply because W3C officials say the specification and APIs are still undergoing changes, and we’re equally certain that the same developers who are using HTML5 now will not be likely to want to develop with Flash/Silverlight or for older browsers such as IE6.”
“The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple”
CmdrTaco: “Tom Arah has dug up some statistics that cast severe doubt over Steve Jobs’ assertion that Flash is the technology of the past, and Apple’s iOS is the platform of the future. He quibbles with Net Applications’ assertion that iOS growth is ‘massive,’ considering that mobile accounts for only 2.6% of web views, and the iOS share stands at only 1.1%. By comparison, Silverlight penetration now stands at 51% while 97% of web surfers have Flash installed, according to Stat Owl.”
“Interview With Ed Lopez”
Emil: “My favorite scene has been a mix between alien landscapes or scifi landscapes with Space, so what has been called Terraspace its certainly what has been predominant in my work, although I enjoy as you say everything in between, whatever scene comes to my mind I use all the tools and knowledge at my disposal to see it come together. Lately I have been trying to do less scifi space scenes to balance out my work with very real possible scenes like Anasazi itself , Circi or Vulcano.”