HTML5-now

Supported Platforms

The following browsers are fully supported:

By including another small file, base2-legacy.js, you can extend support to the following browsers:

*Firefox 2 renders all new elements inline. There are solutions to this.

Please note that the current version (0.5) probably does not work in Safari 2.x/Konqueror. I need to fix a couple of bugs first.

Element	Comments	Example
`abbr`	Supported provided for MSIE5-6.
`article`
`aside`
`audio`	Not currently supported.
`canvas`	Support provided for MSIE using Google’s excanvas.
`command`	Not currently supported.
`datalist`	Hidden but provides content for `input[list]`
`details`	Toggle display with a dropdown arrow.	html
`dialog`
`figure`
`footer`
`header`
`hgroup`
`input`	Most of the new `input` types are now supported. See below for details.	html
`mark`	Assigned a default `background` of `yellow`.
`menu`	The new rendering model is not currently supported and probably won’t be for a while (it’s very complicated).
`meter`	Simple styling with CSS.	html
`nav`
`output`	Text content and `value`/`defaultValue` synchronised.
`progress`	A progress bar is rendered (appearance dependent on the O/S theme).	html
`section`
`source`	Provides alternative sources for media elements.	html
`time`	Text content reflects the `datetime` attribute if the element is empty.	html
`video`	Video playback provided by Flash, Quicktime and Java players.	html html html

This implementation provides a UI for many of the new input types. It also provides support for the validation model.

The following new attributes are not supported:

form: It is not possible to associate an element with a form using this attribute.
placeholder: It's easy to replicate but not in a satisfactory way.
step=any: All other values for step are allowed
validity: I may add support for this later. The validation model is supported in all other regards.

type	Comments	Example
`color`	Support provided for all browsers (including Opera)
`date`	A datepicker is provided.
`datetime`	Not supported.
`datetime-local`	Not supported.
`email`	There is no UI support provided for this type. Email values are not validated, the RegExp is too tricky. ;)
`month`	A monthpicker is provided.
`number`	A spinner control is provided.
`range`	A slider control is provided. There is currently a problem with this control in Webkit based browsers (Safari, Chrome, Konqueror). These browsers already implement this type but do support the `min/max/step` attributes and restrict the range to 0-100.
`search`	There is no UI support provided for this type.
`tel`	There is no UI support provided for this type.
`time`	A timepicker is provided.
`url`	There is no UI support provided for this type. Url values are not currently validated, the RegExp is not as difficult as the `email` type, so it should be possible.
`week`	A weekpicker is provided.