Detecting support for specific HTML 5 features via jQuery

Question

I\'m working on some HTML5 demo code, including stuff like

This currently works correctly in Opera 10 as-is, but every other b

Answer 1

I would take a look at Modernizr. It's an open source, MIT-licensed Javascript library that detects support for many HTML5/CSS3 features and it's REALLY tiny (7kb compressed). To use it, simply:

Within the of your document. After that, it has a variety of functions to check for what you need. Example:

if (Modernizr.canvas) { 
     // do stuff
}

There's many more ways to check for the specific HTML5/CSS3 feature you'd like. Check out their website to get it and see the docs.