Let me introduce you to The WHATWG Forums! If you don't feel comfortable with mailing lists but still want to discuss the future of HTML, how to use HTML5, or ask for help, then these forums are for you.
More forums or sub-forums will be added as needed. Contact me (zcorpan) for administrative stuff (becoming moderator, etc).
Enjoy!
The WHATWG Help Mailing List has been established for answering web developers’ general questions about Web Applications 1.0 (HTML 5 and XHTML 5) and Web Forms 2.0.
If you’ve read the specifications and The whatwg Mailing List Archives wondering, “When can I use HTML 5?”, this is the mailing list for HTML 5 help.
On Thursday evening (2007-01-25), at the Web Standards Group meeting in Sydney, I'll be doing a presentation about the future of HTML. It will be a 20 minute presentation giving an overview of the new features in HTML5. So, if you're in Sydney and interested learning more about HTML5, or maybe the other 3 topics being presented, RSVP now and come along!
For those of you who can't make it on the night, the slides, and hopefully a podcast of the event, will be made available afterwards.
I'm happy to see the increased interest in HTML5 recently — especially with the amazing work Lachlan, Henri, and others are doing with this blog, the validator, feedback, and so forth.
Since the volume of feature requests is only going to increase in the near future, I thought I'd list some things that would make evaluating proposals easier. Here are some key things that any proposal should include:
Obviously, we want to keep the language as simple as possible. That means not everyone will get what they want. Having clear answers to the questions above will help all of us work out what is most important.
This is the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group community blog, run by some of the more active members of the community. The aim of this blog is to keep the public informed about the development of (X)HTML 5, the WHATWG, and related topics, and get feedback from those who do not wish to participate directly in the mailing list.
This follows the success of the recent campaign to gather feedback from the wider community, via the announcements that were cross posted on on The Web Standards Project, Lachy’s Log, Molly.com and 456 Berea Street. Work is currently underway to develop an FAQ based on that feedback.
As always, any questions or comments are welcome. We’ll do our best to listen to and respond whenever necessary.