Everyone wants to jump into HTML5 but how do you use the cool features of this new specification while ensuring older browsers render your web pages as expected? This is where Modernizr, polyfills and shims come in. In the session, you’ll learn the best practices and strategy to deal with new HTML5 and CSS3 features in old legacy browsers. You’ll learn step by step how to use specially crafted JavaScript and CSS code that emulate HTML5 features. With a couple of simple changes to your sites, you can take advantage of HTML5 today without breaking your sites in older browsers. Expect a lot of demos and code in the session.