HTML5, Tablet Computers and the Emerging Web Paradigm

• Author / Creator

  Dyrbye, Amy J

• In recent years, consumers have embraced a range of portable web-ready devices, and with them, new means of accessing and using the web. Yet, despite consumer adoption of smartphones and tablet computers for personal and work-related activities both within and without the academy, academic projects' websites still use specifications like XHTML and CSS best suited for a desktop or laptop computer user. This thesis examines the design choices behind academic project websites using XHTML and CSS, and, through a framework of Thomas Kuhn's concept of the paradigm shift and a hands-on project, demonstrates how a shift toward the W3C's newest specifications, HTML5 and CSS3, enables projects to expand their websites to include devices like tablet computer.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Web markup

• Graduation date

  Fall 2013

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Arts

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3FF3M99B

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.