W3C Publishes HTML 5 Draft

[CiaranR]

W3C today published an early draft of HTML 5, a major revision of the markup language for the Web. The HTML Working Group is creating HTML 5 to be the open, royalty-free specification for rich Web content and Web applications. "HTML is of course a very important standard," said Tim Berners-Lee, author of the first version of HTML and W3C Director. "I am glad to see that the community of developers, including browser vendors, is working together to create the best possible path for the Web." New features include APIs for drawing two-dimensional graphics and ways to embed and control audio and video content. HTML 5 helps to improve interoperability and reduce software costs by giving precise rules not only about how to handle all correct HTML documents but also how to recover from errors. Discover other new features, read the press release, and learn more about the future of HTML.

Source - World Wide Web Consortium​

What do people think about this, how long before browser manufacturers implement new standards like this and more importantly how long before the average Joe updates?

 

[Forbairt]

I'd probably say 3+ years away ...

Its still a draft ... giving the next draft will take X months to get out .. and then another and another .. then uptake in the browsers (though I'll assume that'll be a priority for them) .. I'll assume firefox will be one of the first to implement some form of it

Seems to be a LOT of red boxes still needing work so quite some time still to go for them to agree on the issues