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So, the reason for keeping most designers and developers from using HTML5 and CSS3 more is the fact that not all the browsers support it. But most of us really want to use it. It seems like the next evolution in interface design. It certainly is a step that has been anticipated for a long time.

We already go through a lot of production time to make applications and sites look perfect in IE – do the technology barons really want to continue to make life more difficult?

Recently, Bobby Van Der Sluis published an article on practical ways of using HTML5 today, in a way that will degrade gracefully for the browsers of today, but that will also let you take advantage of the futuristic features coming in the browsers of tomorrow.

Check out his article here:

http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/practical_html5/

Here is a quote from the article:

Personally, I have decided to start using the HTML 5 DOCTYPE for my personal projects, however I’m not particularly fond of using these workarounds. Relying on HTML 5’s backwards compatibility instead, I basically mark up my new projects as if I was using HTML 4

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