[TYPO3-BLE] BLE, core and HTML5

[Patrick Broens]

Hi,

I just had a Skype talk with Ingmar, Ollie and Benni about this subject.
We came to the conclusion TYPO3 should output proper HTML5 markup
without any hacks for older browsers.

However, if you want to have support for older browsers, you can use
Modernizr which is delivered by the TYPO3 core since 4.5.

Although I did a lot of HTML5 projects, I've never worked with
Modernizr. I have to test if I can make the HTML5 output of
css_styled_content work in older browsers using Modernizr.

More to come on this subject ;-)

Patrick

On 9-8-11 10:11 , Patrick Broens wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As you might know I'm working on the accessibility part for the
> frontend, mostly css_styled_content. The people at the BLE made clear
> they are very interested in the use of HTML5.
> 
> As TYPO3 core we need to be backwards compatible to older browsers, like
> IE7. But does this count when HTML5 and CSS2+ is used? HTML5 works good
> together with CSS2.1, but the support of HTML5 and CSS2.1 in IE7 is very
> poor and not really usable.
> 
> So my questions to you are:
> What is more important here? Older browser support or proper HTML5
> output with CSS2+? We have always focused on the support for older
> browsers, but this stops the progress of TYPO3 regarding the use of
> HTML5. Do we tell our clients when they use HTML5 in TYPO3, older
> browsers are not supported, or do we adapt the HTML5 output, so it still
> will work in older browsers, which means the output is not using HTML5
> at its full glory? Where do we draw a line?
> 
> I really want your opinion about this, because currently I don't know
> which way to take and it stops my current development regarding HTML5 in
> css_styled_content.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Patrick