| Tip 5 | Describing Data with New Input Fields |
HTML5 introduces several new input types that you can use to better describe the type of data your users are entering. In addition to the standard text fields, radio buttons, and checkbox elements, you can use elements such as email fields, calendars, color pickers, spinboxes, and sliders. Browsers can use these new fields to display better controls to the user without the need for JavaScript. Mobile devices and virtual keyboards for tablets and touch screens can use the field types to display different keyboard layouts. For example, Safari on iOS displays alternate keyboard layouts when the user is entering data into the URL and email types, making special characters like @, ., :, and / easily accessible. ...
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