“ What the HTML5 Super Friends did, with a very public, non-mailing list announcement about their perusal and acceptance of HTML5, is create a sense that all will be well for designers as HTML5 slips closer to the (possibly too soon) date for Last Call. When Jeffrey Zeldman, Eric Meyer, and every other notable name on their list, said “Hey, HTML5 is cool, come on in the water,” they started a large ripple through the design-o-sphere that is bound to be felt very sharply in the dwindling days remaining in this year. What helped that ripple wasn’t just a blanket statement of “It’s all good,” because that would be a lie, and most of us are smart enough to know it.
Rather, they exposed their concerns, in plain language. They then said, despite these differences, which we hope are addressed, we still like what we see.
Call me a sheep if it helps you feel better about yourself, but that sort of critical support for HTML5 has greatly increased my own comfort with the spec as it solidifies. CSSquirrel : Comic Update: The WHATWG Legion of Doom?: Kyle Weems
Rather, they exposed their concerns, in plain language. They then said, despite these differences, which we hope are addressed, we still like what we see.
Call me a sheep if it helps you feel better about yourself, but that sort of critical support for HTML5 has greatly increased my own comfort with the spec as it solidifies. CSSquirrel : Comic Update: The WHATWG Legion of Doom?: Kyle Weems
