Roundup of HTML 5 vulgarizations and resources

Question

Hi everyone,

HTML 5 is going to change the game not just for developers but will also come into the lives of professionals of all trades have an online presence, and web amateurs. These people are not web professionals but HTML and Flash have both been an important part of their general culture of the web.

Vulgarization: to make (a technical or abstruse work) easier to understand and more widely known; popularize.

(credits to reference.com)

What links do you know of vulgarizations of HTML 5 that can help friends, family and colleagues better understand these up and coming changes of the web. Resources on all HTML5 subjects welcome; Fonts, animation, audio, video, offline capabilities, ...

Here is a good start: Scribd presentation on their adoption of HTML 5

Answer 1

1. http://diveintohtml5.org/ - online Book
2. http://caniuse.com/ - Quick handy reference to compatability plus other stuff

Answer 2

I good place to check the "readiness" of a feature.

http://html5readiness.com/

Answer 3

• HTML5 Doctor - good collection of tutorial style articles
• Mozilla Hacks - frequently has posts on using cutting edge web stuff in Firefox development builds
• HTML5 For Web Designers (Book) - haven't read it yet, but Jeremy Keith usually explains stuff very clearly
• WHATWG HTML5 Forums - a bit more approachable than the mailing list