HTML5 and CSS3-Ready Browsers get Graphed

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There is a huge debate going on regarding whether or not HTML5/CSS3 is the future and if it is, when the majority of the Internet will be ready for the shift towards it. Well believe it or not, the Internet is quite ready for the shift, whether you thought so or not. How do I know this? Well, a few developers have gotten together to create an interactive graph (found here) that tells you each and every browser’s (within reason) functionality in relation to HTML5 and CSS3.

Of course, when reading this graph you have to remember that it highlights only the following 8 browsers:

• Internet Explorer 7
• Internet Explorer 8
• Internet Explorer 9
• Firefox 3.5
• Firefox 3.7
• Opera 10.10
• Safari 4
• Chrome 4

You may notice that all of these browsers are fairly modern with older versions of Internet Explorer not making the cut. However, when taking into account what browsers are actually being used to access this HTML5 and/or CSS3 content, make note that the current browser usage breakdown as of April 2010 (according to W3Schools) is as follows:

• Internet Explorer 6: 7.9%
• Internet Explorer 7: 9.3%
• Internet Explorer 8: 16.2%
• Firefox: 46.4%
• Chrome: 13.6%
• Safari: 3.7%
• Opera: 2.2%

So while the graph fails to categorize Internet Explorer 6, it only has 7.9% of the market share meaning a whole slew of other Internet users have a vast array of HTML5/CSS3 features at their disposal. In fact, the most widely used browser, Mozilla’s Firefox, at 46.4% is capable of properly rendering the majority of new HTML5/CSS3 features. I think this goes to show you that the faster users upgrade their software to more capable browsers, the faster the Internet as a whole will be able to move towards an HTML5/CSS3.

On another note, you may remember a few days ago I sent an open letter to Adobe urging them to make the shift to HTML5 and develop some authoring software for the new markup language. Well, if this isn’t more proof that they need to do just that, I don’t know what is.