Question

Features of HTML5 are no doubt very compelling but is it a good time to start development in HTML5 ?

I just have started development in HTML5 and realized at the time even not all HTML5 input types are supported by all browsers. It means it is not sure about basic stuff like input forms.

Please share how you are managing these things ? (Using HTML5 code with browsers currently supporting HTML5)

Answer 1

The momentum behind HTML5 is strong and it is indeed a good time to get started if you have not already.

At the lowest level, you would need to write feature detection in your pages to see if the particular browser supports the HTML5 feature that you want to use.

I suggest the following:

• Use sites like caniuse.com to determine the current support for a particular feature across browsers.
• Use templates like HTML5 Boilerplate, which give you a structure for the HTML5 page that you can use , with support for various shims that bring in support for HTML5 features in older browsers.
• If you prefer doing the detection yourself, use a library like Modernizr.