Feb 4
ToddArticle, Design, Discussion, Programming, Web DOCTYPE, Flash, SWF, swfobject, valid, validator, w3c
I have been noticing a great number of hits to my paltry site asking search engines in general, what’s good DOCTYPE to use with Flash? I think the answer is “any valid DOCTYPE.” I use XHTML Strict 1.0, some use Transitional 1.0 the debate on which to use in general is for another time.
If you can get it functioning with either, terrific! Use SWFObject, it’s the best solution and is a very simple thing to implement. I have a sample in my lab that uses a couple different instances. Example #1 – A static page using SWFObject and Example #2 – A dynamic page using SWFObject.
Pull the code and use it at your leisure. I used a Strict DOCTYPE, use a valid DOCTYPE and make sure your code is valid through the W3C validator and you’re good to go!
Feb 4
ToddArticle, Design, Discussion, Programming, Web Anne van Kesteren, Bruce Lawson, CSS, DOCTYPE, Eric Meyer, HTML, HTML 4.01, HTML5, Jeffrey Zeldman, MIME, MIME Types, Molly Holzschlag, XHTML, XHTML Strict, XHTML Strict 1.0
So before I almost hung it up for the evening, I was rooting around the internet for the solution I was looking for. What MIME type do I use, that is “correct” with HTML5?
I found this article by Molly and as I was reading it, thinking I was finding my solution, I saw this link from a comment by Anne, to this page at Anne’s site and then, thinking back to my previous post I began to (and still am) think(ing), “What is going on here?”
I like the look of HTML5, I like the feel of it and it’s like that car you test drive, that you know you fit in good and want, but you’re not sure how the payment schedule is going to hit your wallet. The same with me and HTML5. If I decide to go with it, code with it, and develop with it, will I regret it and will I be able to achieve what I want with HTML5, without any regrets or incidents where I have to fall back on HTML4.01 or XHTML Strict 1.0?
I’ve experimented with HTML5. I’ve played with the beautifully hand-crafted tags, read the articles from my friends Jeffrey and Bruce. Those throw me for a loop. XHTML2 seems to be a dead issue, I know I said I’d “sit back and watch the debate” and see what happens. So what does one do?
Do I use HTML5? Another fellow I met awhile back went with HTML5, it seems to have worked out fine. It works? It doesn’t work? It’s good, it’s bad.
“Good grief” is right!
What’s a developer to do?
I’m not sure which direction I am headed, but I will offer this advice. Serve up your HTML or XHTML pages properly. I haven’t in the past and still are not now. I think it might be time for me to fall back to HTML 4.01 or march forward like Stonewall Jackson and go with HTML5. What are you going with and why?
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