Check and see how much the browser you are using, right now, is HTML 5 compatible.
This is a handy link for your IT tool belt, for sure.
The nice thing about this tool is that it’s browser specific. It’s not a spreadsheet of supposed browser compatibilities, but it tests the browser you are currently using to view the site.
The score is based on a total of 400pts. My current browser that I’m using right this second, was awarded 288 + 13 bonus points.
Can you really turn away a web tool that gives bonus points? I mean, really!?!
These are the categories that are checked:
- Parsing rules
- Canvas
- Video
- Audio
- Elements
- Forms
- User interaction
- Microdata
- Web applications
- Security
- Geolocation
- WebGL
- Communication
- Files
- Storage
- Workers
- Local devices
- Other
It even color codes the results:
- Not available
- Badly
- Reasonable
- Good
- Great
All in all, I was really impressed by this web tool. There’s been so much talk about comparability in a general sense, it’s nice to see how you can really break down the compatibility. Plus, if you are trying to troubleshoot an HTML 5 error on another computer with a different browser, you can go find out exactly where the incompatibly is at, or even use it as a demonstration to those that are not nearly as tech savvy as yourself, to help illustrate how behind the browser they may be using on a regular basis, is.
This is how the HTML 5 Test score is calculated:
Each feature is worth one or more points. Apart from the main HTML5 specification and other specifications created the W3C HTML Working Group, this test also awards points for supporting related drafts and specifications. Some of these specifications were initially part of HTML5, but are now further developed by other W3C working groups. WebGL is also part of this test despite not being developed by the W3C, because it extends the HTML5 canvas element with a 3d context.
The test also awards bonus points for supporting audio and video codecs and supporting SVG or MathML embedding in a plain HTML document. These test do not count towards the total score because HTML5 does not specify any required audio or video codec. Also SVG and MathML are not required by HTML5, the specification only specifies rules for how such content should be embedded inside a plain HTML file.
Love the bonus points.
HTML 5 Test is not affiliated with the W3C or the HTML5 working group, so this isn’t some kind of authoritative tool, but a great way to reach basic comparability.
The HTML5 test score is only an indication of how well your browser supports the upcoming HTML5 standard and related specifications. It does not try to test all of the new features offered by HTML5, nor does it try to test the functionality of each feature it does detect. Despite these shortcomings we hope that by quantifying the level of support users and web developers will get an idea of how hard the browser manufacturers work on improving their browsers and the web as a development platform.
If you click on the “other browsers” tab, you’ll get a basic rundown of other browsers basic ratings, including mobile browsers, which I thought was particularly insightful on their part.
Here’s the link, I’m sure you’ll want to get check all of your browsers, I know I did!
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