Re: Extending BuddyPress with HTML5
Xevo, to your point, HTML5 is actually more cross-browser friendly than you think:
http://ejohn.org/blog/html5-doctype/
It’s true that some browsers (ahem, IE) are not fitted for this, but I’ve stopped supporting IE6 on a personal level, and IE7 has a shiv that fixes that. http://remysharp.com/2009/01/07/html5-enabling-script/ It’s true there are still problems with that (javascript turned off for example), http://remysharp.com/2009/01/07/html5-enabling-script/ but that shouldn’t stop some of the more adventurous. (Google’s home search page is now written with the HTML5 doctype — is that non-standard?)
On a personal level, I’ve decided the benefits outweigh the risks, so I’ve decided to start converting my site. I’ll check back in from time to time and tell everyone how it goes.
