modern-web-design-and-development

possibility of alternate text (some additions to the spec have been
suggested, but nothing is implemented yet). So, ensure that any
information you deliver via supplements more accessible
information elsewhere.

Text in a becomes simply pixels, just like text in images, and so
is invisible to assistive technology and screen readers. Consider using the
W3C graphics technology Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) instead, especially
for things such as dynamic graphs and animating text. SVG is supported in
all the major browsers, including IE9 (but not IE8 or below, although the
SVGweb library can fake SVG with Flash in older browsers).

The situation with

“An HTML5 Guru Will Hold My Hand as I Do It the First Time”

If only this were true. However, the charming Paul Irish and lovely Divya
Manian will be as good as there for you, with their HTML5 Boilerplate,
which is a set of files you can use as templates for your projects. Boilerplate
brings in the JavaScript you need to style the new elements in IE; pulls in
jQuery from the Google Content Distribution Network (CDN), but with fall-
back links to your server in case the CDN server is down.