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Asked: 2026-05-14T04:47:28+00:00

Everyone, every blog is talking about HTML 5 and giving solution to use HTML

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Everyone, every blog is talking about HTML 5 and giving solution to use HTML in all browsers including IE6.

  • Should we leave XHTML 1.0 now and go
    for HTML 5 and use JavaScript for IE6 support?
  • Does all other desktop/mobile browser
    except IE6 supports HTML 5 without
    adding JavaScript?
  • Will every browser render CSS written
    for HTML 5 elements?
  • What about Screen- readers?

What are pros and cons to choose HTML 5 for all new projects?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Pros:

    • It has some nice new features

    Cons:

    • Support for those features is very thin on the ground
    • QA tools are immature compared to those for XHTML and HTML 4.x
    • The spec is still changing

    Should we leave XHTML 1.0 now and go for HTML 5

    I wouldn’t. I’d stick to HTML 4.01.

    and use JavaScript for IE6 support?

    You need JS shims for more than IE6. I think IE8 might still require them – and that’s for basic support for things like <article> just so you can apply CSS. Forget about <video> for the new form stuff.

    Does all other desktop/mobile browser except IE6 supports HTML 5 without adding JavaScript?

    No

    A quick test shows that IE8 and Firefox 3.6 don’t support <article> (IE8 doesn’t appear to make it available for styling, Firefox styles it as display: inline by default)

    Will every browser render CSS written for HTML 5 elements?

    Not without JS hacks.

    What about Screen- readers?

    Most will not be able to do anything useful with the new elements

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