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  • Five things you didn't know the web could do

    Eric Bidelman, senior developer programs engineer on the Google Chrome team, presents some practical uses of what's possible with HTML5 and CSS3 today, including the CSS Flexible Box Layout Module and the HTML5 Filesystem API
    By Eric Bidelman on
  • The road to responsive images

    Last week's W3C editor's draft brought us one step closer to a workable specification for responsive images. Anselm Hannemann explores how the draft spec came about, the problems that remain to be solved – and why we need a specification in the first place
    By Anselm Hannemann on
  • The truth about structuring an HTML5 page

    Part polemic, part instruction manual, The Truth About HTML5 has ignited an interesting debate. Here we present an exclusive excerpt on the problems around structuring in HTML5
    By Luke Stevens on
  • Eight advent calendars for web designers and developers

    24 ways is not the only advent calendar for web geeks. There's one for everyone, covering topics as diverse as web performance, UX and Perl. We compile the best ones for you to check out and talk to their creators, too
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • The top 20 HTML5 sites of 2012

    2012 in review: HTML5 Doctor Oli Studholme nominates the websites that made best use of HTML5 this year, including a range of useful developer tools and online resources
    By Oli Studholme on
  • Hot in web standards: November/December 2012

    Lea Verou's final 2012 report on the latest developments at the W3C, including the FPWD of HTML 5.1, the addition of the <main> element, news on the rescheduled W3Conf and more
    By Lea Verou on | 1 comment
  • The top 10 HTML5 games of 2012

    HTML5 gaming marched onwards during 2012. Here Michal Budzynski runs down 10 essential games (and one conference) worth giving some attention to
    By Michal Budzynski on | 1 comment
  • 20 top web design and development trends for 2013

    Predicting the future is tough, but with the fast-moving nature of the web, it’s good to know what lies ahead. Craig Grannell talks to top industry figures about the web design and development trends you should be mindful of over the coming 12 months
    By Craig Grannell on | 9 comments
  • .net Awards 2011: top 10 online games

    This new category in the .net Awards recognises the year's best online games, where timewasting is positively encouraged. Here we profile our shortlist compiled of your nominations. Let the game play begin!
    By Oliver Lindberg on
  • Writing your own cross-browser polyfills

    Addy Osmani recounts his experience of creating cross-browser polyfill visibly.js and provides plenty of top tips on how you can create your own HTML5 polyfills, while avoiding the headaches developers often run into when coding them for the first time
  • Four essential HTML5 canvas tips

    Creative programmer Hakim El Hattab provides four top tips to help you make the most out of the canvas element. He also explains how the little monster that inspired our current 404 page was made possible
    By Hakim El Hattab on
  • Devs respond to Adobe Edge

    We speak to leading developers about the newly released web animation tool, and discover concerns over HTML5 branding and absence of SVG and canvas, although Adobe stresses it’s still early days
    By Tanya Combrinck on | 1 comment
  • The future of HTML5 video

    What’s coming next in the world of HTML5 video? Opera’s Bruce Lawson reveals what’s in store and how you can incorporate the new features into your own sites
    By Bruce Lawson on | 1 comment
  • The top five cross-platform video players

    In the second part of Rich Shupe's series that explains how to deliver video seamlessly to desktop and mobile devices, he covers the best players for HTML5 and Flash video
  • The top three Flash game engines

    Flash game engines are still a great choice for building browser-based 2D games. Freelance game developer Tom Vian takes a look at the three most popular open source frameworks
    By Tom Vian on
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