Acknowledgments

The fifth edition of this book might as well be the first edition of a brand-new book. The HTML5 specification marks a return to past ideas and an explosion of future ideas. It took a great deal of work to put this new edition together. Given the amount of effort required, I want to make sure that all those that helped are given their due. First, I want to acknowledge the numerous fixes and improvements that came from the feedback from both my students at UCSD and readers around the world. I write these books for you, and I am glad you are putting this information to good use.

I would also like to show my appreciation to the many staff members at PINT who helped on this book project in some direct or indirect way. I can’t specifically thank and mention the dozens of employees we have at PINT and my other firm Port80 Software who keep the lights on, but I’ll call a few out who warrant some extra kudos.

Christie Sorenson once again helped this time with heavy lifting particularly in the CSS effort, and I can safely say that she has learned, relearned, and even forgotten more about Web development than probably anyone I know, besides maybe myself. Looking forward to more project fun in the future, Christie!

Plenty of other PINTsters helped. Rob McFarlane, Andrew Simpkins, and Bryan Sleiter helped out with imagery. The project managers, particularly Mine Okano, Robin Nobel, Matt Plotner, and Olivia Chen, gave me moral support and occasional pity as I toiled away upstairs. Glenn Dawson addressed my many server changes and helped debug some annoying aspects of HTML5. Dan Whitworth assisted on a few chapters here and there and probably had nightmares about getting a call to really dive in.

Joe Lima listened to some of my verbal nonsense and helped guide me to some deeper insights than I could have ever arrived at on my own.

Daisy Bhonsle kept up a very long-standing proofing relationship, and I am very glad she always helps out. The student certainly has become the master.

The folks at McGraw-Hill Professional are always a pleasure to work with. Meghan Riley helped guide me along, and Megg Morin didn’t lose faith, at least not completely. Thanks for being my patron the last decade, Megg!

My technical editor, James Pence, probably wondered when this project was going to finish, and somehow he finished a nontechnical book of his own during the project.

Finally, to my friends and family who tried to give me space to write this thing, you deserve the biggest thanks. My children, Graham, Olivia, and Desmond, had to put up with a grouchy dad and far too many absent weekends, so we now return you to our regularly scheduled weekends! Cecilia, you provided a lot of help as well that made things a bit easier on all of us, so thank you for that. Finally, Sylvia, you always support my online efforts, as hard as they may be. I know you, more than anyone, appreciate the importance of this project, considering the role HTML has played in our lives.

Thomas A. Powell
tpowell@pint.com
October 2009