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A user-friendly reference guide

HTM L5
& CSS3
Rob Crowther

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Hello! HTML5 & CSS3



Hello! HTML5 & CSS3
A user-friendly reference guide

Rob Crowther

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INDEX

Web Hypertext Application
Technology Working
Group (WHATWG)
154
principles followed in
development of
HTML5 437
web server, configuration
for multimedia 151
web worker 185–188
web, history of 425–437
client-side interactivity
431–435
competing standards
435
WebKit, support for
HTML5 features 69
WebM 130
browser support for 140

video, browser support
for 151

WebSocket API 205–208
browser support for 206
node.js server 206
What You See Is What You
Get (WYSIWYG) 154
whitespace 446
window object 516
word-wrap property
420–421
browser support for 421
Work Offline 216
Working Draft (WD) 431
World Wide Web browser
427
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) 428
standards process in
1998 431
standards process in
1999 432
validator 464

533

World Wide Web Consortium Process 431
wrap-margin property 308
wrap-shape-mode
property 306

writeLoc function 199
www-talk mailing list 427

X
XHTML 435
XHTML2 438
xlink:href 101
XML, vs. HTML 435
XMLHTTP control 433
XmlHTTPRequest 434

Y
YouTube, ease of use 121

Z
zoom 309


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