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Is it okay to start to use HTML 5?

by NateJasper
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I'm wondering what you guys think of using some of the HTML 5 tags that pre IE 8 browsers can't read? For example the aside tag. Is it okay to start using HTML 5 for marketing websites?
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  • Profile picture of the author WPcrew
    Yes it's ok.
    Btw, there are js libraries like Modernizr that will make HTML5 tags work in older browsers, and much more than that.
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  • Profile picture of the author NateJasper
    Does that go for CSS3 as well?
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  • Profile picture of the author WPcrew
    More or less. There are jQuery plugins to achieve certain functionality, like box-shadow, border-radius or something similar.
    Depends what you need. For example, if you're building site for a client, which requires site compatible in ie6,7,8 you can achieve all, but on a little "heavier" way, by using background images instead box shadow, border-radius, using sliding-doors technique and so on...

    But, main question is - should you? Take a look at themeforest - top authors, top themes.
    They dropped support for ie8 and below last year or so. IE9 is supported, and that's good enough. It's actually a great time now for development - you can just drop ie, except IE9 which is pretty good. Damn, that day is here, we can DROP IT!
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  • Profile picture of the author karma1911
    I use it on all of my websites!
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    • Profile picture of the author Anton Yulianto
      yes i use too on all my websites
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      • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
        Nowadays browsers get updated automatically
        so you would think most people are more than likely using modern browsers - the combination of HTML 5 and CSS3 on a website - beautiful - I have used it on many projects and also XHTML strict - throw in some jQuery into the mix and you get awesome feature-rich websites - so yeah - use HTML 5 and CSS 3 or XHTML strict and CSS 2 and 3 and you can`t go wrong.

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  • Profile picture of the author sham2
    You need to include Modernizr: the feature detection library for HTML5/CSS3 file it will be good for old browsers. Some properties that old browser not accept yet will be work with including of this file. HTML5 is become most popular in web designing field. Because its have some properties that save our important time. For example validation by it self.
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  • Profile picture of the author alligatortek001
    its good to use the updated things in technology . So html 5 is a good call.
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  • Profile picture of the author OaldDesign
    HTML5 is much easier to use but in the end of the day that depend on what you or your client needs if your viewers use older browsers then it would be better to use old style coding. I find myself dont use much html5.
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  • Profile picture of the author copilu0
    if you are not using it now then, at some point you still need to update everything
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