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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has declared the HTML 5.1 spec is now a "Recommendation", the body's jargon declaring it is done, dusted, signed off and utterly complete. The full spec is here for your reading pleasure and the list of new features is here. Among the more interesting new bits, the <picture> and srcset …

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  1. ecofeco Silver badge
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    Well finally

    Finally.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Merkins

    Problem with leaving these specs in the hands of Merkins is the inclusion of attributes like 'nonce'

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    1. Robin
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      Re: Merkins

      When he asked what I was laughing at, I've just had to explain this to my Catalan co-worker :-)

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      But nonce (number used once) has been around in programming since I can remember, hardly a new Americanism.

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      Having to spell "color" everywhere in DOM/CSS is downright American imperialism.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    I was expecting this to be called HTML6, with HTML7 due out by year's end, ultimately achieving version parity with Chrome and Firefox within 3 years.

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    1. Robert Carnegie Silver badge
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      HTML 5 Anniversary Edition, and if you haven't been nagged into upgrading from HTML 2 through 4 then it is now too late to do so.

      Also it includes Adobe Flash for your compatibility needs.

      Oh, what am I saying! That was Windows 5 To You Doubled.

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        > Also it includes Adobe Flash for your compatibility needs.

        Not far from the truth!

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Finally...

    ... some more XSS vectors...

    On a more serious note, good to see 'nonce' being added to script attribute for Content Security Policy. People using will be another matter entirely!

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  5. David Lawton

    im sure IE6 users will be pleased :)

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