W3C: Hold off on deploying HTML5 in websites
While I respect the efforts the WC3 has put forth drafting the HTML5 specification (how could I not, a ‘Stachowiak’ co-chairs the working group), it’s time to move forward, not hold off. HTML5 development began in 2004 and final approval of the spec isn’t expected for another 2-3 years, an incredible 8-9 years from start to finish. In today’s agile software world this doesn’t work. Technological innovation can’t wait for someone to dot every ‘i’ and cross every ‘t’ of a formal specification. There are features the world wants now and browsers are capable of delivering, why hold off? Let’s forge ahead and deploy away!
As a savvy slashdot reader said:
“Those who ship code win.” You can sit there and tell everyone to ‘hold on’ all you want but if you don’t give them a good reason to stop pushing forward with the implementation, they aren’t going to wait for your consortium to debate for another five years. We’re moving forward. There will be bumps. The time for discussing a completely perfect approach has passed and browsers will thrust what support they can into practice, warts and all. At some point this has to be done, it will never be truly perfect.
1 year ago
