Is it too early to use HTML5

Question

I was wondering if it it too early to use HTML5 for a production site. Should I rather wait 6-12 months until users have updated to compatible html5 browsers? This leads me to,

Answer 1

Depends on your target market and what subset of HTML5 you are planning on using.

For instance, there are workarounds for the HTML5 semantic tags on Internet Explorer. You can also use HTML5 video with a Flash fallback (best of both worlds). Features such as inline SVG and Canvas have no (non-plugin) fallback, so won't work on the IE side of the camp.

CSS3 is another problem, and can be partially mitigated using conditional includes and per-browser style sheets (yuck, but even without CSS3 you need this).

I suggest reading the DiveIntoHTML5 site.