HTML504.05.2010

How do I love thee, let me count the ways**

1. My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
   HTML5 has given us gearless local storage, a client side database and the ability to build apps that work without an always on 'net connection
   
2. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
   For the first time EVER, browser developers will have a spec that covers not just a desired behavior when everything goes right, but instruction on what to do when things go wrong - consistent, cross browser error handling is finally somewhere in sight***  \o/
   
3. In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
   HTML5 builds on the original promise of HTML, redefining its comfort zone against which we've fought for over a decade, while widening and deepening to embrace modern use cases
   
4. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
   HTML5 has relit our love for client side work - long may it last!
   

*Poets we ain't! This poorly rendered blog post was brought to you by the people who should know better!
**Backpage CMS went HTML5 native in July 2009 & has no intention of ever leaving!
*** We feel this is, bar none, the most important addition to HTML5!
Credit: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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