I’m HyperVEX at Markup Language 5

Posted on July 23, 2012 Updated on October 7, 2013

Well, as an aspiring professional Web designer who produces websites designed first in my mind’s eye based on meetings with whoever it was that wanted me to make them a website, then constructed using HTML & CSS; I guess I have to love and support HTML5.

But at the same time I want to discuss the technology openly in hopes that them that can, do – and make steps towards improving the HTML to make my life building websites with it, easier.

A Jamaican friend said to me once, ‘boy mi hyperVex‘, ….which at the time made me crease up with laughter.

His problem at the time had to do with the fact that a lot of mobile browsers deliberately do not support position:fixed; mainly I think, on the grounds that fixed elements could get in the way on a small screen or something like that.

Now I’ve found need of his lingo, because my beloved Hyper-Text Markup Language 5. Part of me hoped that issues I have with HTML, would be fixed in HTML5. Stuff like the fact that applications are mostly insecure and prone to data theft. I learned some of that the hard way when I wrote in my email address in one of my websites. Gosh, the SPAM I get now.

I’m guessing it’s more the case that a consortium of major companies & organizations – not a community, results in the code that I’m left with to use. I believe in Open Source movements in any way and not only because mostly that means free stuff for me. Erm, while I’m on that point.. Big up to the Android crew!. Anywho…HTML5 should be developed more openly, and with agreed-upon, cross-platform-device solutions so that when I sit to build a website using HTML, I don’t then spend time pulling my hair out over Browser issues. I want it so that the code I implement works the same everywhere. I don’t want it to continue where some results are published on the W3C site way later. I’ve got grey hairs – (no comment needed btw Kate) thanks to these guys. Is implementation on the browser side even being discussed right now as HTML5 guys? because right now, HTML5+JS+CSS script I use will not necessarily provide the same result across all browsers/devices.

Bob Marley said,’ Let’s get together and Browse alright’

Didn’t he?…coulda sworn…well anyway, browser creators and the W3C committee, please make it so that l don’t have to rely on weird looking hacks to solve cross-platform website and Web Browser issues.