Resenting the idea that I've turned into some kind of W3C Nazi the last few weeks, I decided to indulge myself with something a little more frivolous last weekend. Not many would consider reading the HTML5 specs a departure from W3C standards, let alone "frivolous", but I had something particular in mind - graphics.
I have been shying away from HTML5 for a while because most references I hear to it are in relation to the 2D and 3D graphics capabilities being added via the new <canvas> element. I don't have anything against graphics on the web (so long as they don't destroy the document structure, or use flash), but I tend to avoid such things because I have absolutely no artistic talent. Seriously, I struggle to draw convincing stick men. The reason my website uses more-or-less the default Joomla! template is not because I don't care what it looks like, and it's certainly not that I lack the technical skills to modify it. The problem is that I can't imagine what I would change it to look like instead. That's basically the reason I use a CMS at all to be honest - for the templates.
But since the W3C dropped XHTML, I figured I need to start looking properly at (X)HTML5, and knowing how things are with the web, I expect that most of the new and interesting work with HTML5 is going to be centered around graphics. So what can an aesthetically-challenged nerd do with graphics? Well, for one thing, fractals!!! :)
