The HTML5 Document Outline

The HTML 4 document outline, while easy to understand, has a few issues. It doesn’t allow for tangential content and it can be difficult to merge content from multiple documents. The HTML5 document outline and the new structural elements solve those problems in theory.

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HTML Structural Elements And The Document Outline

Do you use the new HTML5 structural elements like header, aside, article, and footer? I asked that question back in December when I recorded and posted some thoughts about the new HTML5 structural elements. My thoughts were mainly to wonder aloud if there was any reason to use the new elements.

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Thoughts About HTML5 Structural Elements

Do you use the new HTML5 structural elements like header, aside, article, and footer? If so, do you do use them because of the added semantics they carry?

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Responsive Images Revisited—The Picture Element

Responsive images have some challenges beyond the best pixel density to display for a given screen. There are issues maintaining the correct aspect ratio and overall image hierarchy. There are also issues with important details being lost as an image gets much smaller than the original.

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Responsive Images Revisited—The Srcset Attribute

One of the main challenges with responsive design is how to handle images. It’s not that we don’t know what we want to do. It’s that the ability to do it has been lacking. Fortunately the situation is starting to change for the better.

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