W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web

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Post by niyazpk » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 6:29 AM UTC

W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web
mashable.com

Re: W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web

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Post by heresy » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 7:24 AM UTC

Good thing it isn't really up to them.

Re: W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web

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Post by lenni » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 7:30 AM UTC

Is it me or are some words missing in the 2nd paragraph? It makes it hard to follow the article.

Re: W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web

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Post by andymorris » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 7:42 AM UTC

I wonder how much place there is for such a slow-moving organisation in the incredibly fast-paced internet ...

Re: W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web

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Post by utoku » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 8:31 AM UTC

lenni wrote: post #3

Is it me or are some words missing in the 2nd paragraph? It makes it hard to follow the article.

It is an example of bad online journalism.

Apparently the writer is quoting an official, but to find who he is quoting you have to click on the link "today". So you naturally think "today" is probably a link to the event, so it ends up being an article with an unnamed quote.

Re: W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web

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Post by rimantas » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 8:32 AM UTC

The whole story of HTML5 says W3C is not ready for the Web.

Re: W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web

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Post by vColin » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 8:32 AM UTC

lenni wrote: post #3

Is it me or are some words missing in the 2nd paragraph? It makes it hard to follow the article.

Yup, the start of the first sentence should read "An official from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) told reporters today" rather than "An today".

Bad markup being the culprit - somewhat ironically.

Re: W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web

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Post by nitrogen » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 8:36 AM UTC

...until then, officials say Flash and Silverlight are still going to remain approved and viable web technologies.

Who are these officials that approve of Flash and Silverlight as web technologies superior to HTML5? I've never heard of a Flash working group at the W3C. The closest I found is someone asking for W3C involvement in 2008:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/311802/w3c-involvement-in...

Re: W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web

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Post by riddle » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 10:23 AM UTC

This is really awful journalism. Read a rebuttal from “HTML5 evangelist” here: http://remy.tumblr.com/post/1261575750/hold-off-on-deploying...

Re: W3C Says HTML5 Isn’t Ready for the Web

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Post by malandrew » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 12:21 PM UTC

Seriously!?

The articles cites an "official" of the W3C and not the name of a person. Was it someone of important such as Ian Hickson or was it just some bureaucrat or intern?

Who made these statements matters greatly and defines the line between news and non-news. This is complete non-news unless it was a person highly involved with defining or implementing the spec.

The fact that the author cited Silverlight smells very fishy to me.

This title and the entire article is just pure unadulterated linkbait.