2. WHAT IS HTML5?
HTML5 is a newest version of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). It is an ongoing process
that took place by combined efforts of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web
Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG). The initial phase for the
development of HTML5 started in 2004 by WHATWG that has been developed by edited by
David Hyatt of Apple and Ian Hickson of Google, Inc. There are several features in the latest
version that have been implemented in various Web browsers.
An open source workable platform has been intended to be produced by HTML5, which can
be used by multiple vendors throughout the internet. As a result, everyone can have access
to the development of new applications. Some of the major browsers namely Internet
Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox presently supports some of the features
of HTML5.
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3. Why HTML5?
• This the latest version have been considered as the new platform for streaming video
capabilities into browser applications. JavaFX, Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight
obsolete are some of the potential plug-ins that can be used with this language. It comes
endowed with many interesting features like:
• Canvas technology: It has been invented by well known brand Apple with a 2-D browser
based drawing feature. To draw graphics on web page, JavaScript has been used. Here
are some of the drawing methods like circles, paths, boxes, characters and images that
have been used by canvas element.
• Web videos: These days, most video are shown by plug-ins like Flash. HTML5 includes
standard way with the video element for quality videos.
• Audio on web: mostly, all audios are played using plug-ins like Flash whereas, HTML5
indicate standard audio element to play sound files.
• Web Storage: There are two methods namely session storage and local storage used for
storing data without any effect the website's performance.
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5. Features Of HTML5
WHY HTML5?
The HTML5 is equipped with many new features that give you power to design attractive
web pages you might have never designed before with HTML alone.
Here are some of the major features in HTML5:
Video playback and drag-and-drop, which are dependent on third-party browser plug-ins
like Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Flash.
Wide range of new attributes and elements that reveal effective usage on modern websites.
Through a standardized interface, it provides new multimedia functionality of <audio> and
<video>.
Reduced usage of plugins like Flash.
Detailed rules for lexing and parsing.
Advanced language support.
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6. Features Of HTML5
New APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) has been specified in HTML5 that
includes offline storage database, the canvas element for immediate mode 2D
drawing, timed media playback, Cross-document messaging, document
editing, browser history management, drag-and-drop, Micro data, MIME type and
protocol handler registration etc.
Compressed and user-friendly API.
Versatility in handling incorrect syntax.
Apart from these, there are several other features loaded in HTML5 such as
ContentEditable, Stylable elements, Canvas element for drawing, geo-location, Web
Forms 2.0, server-sent DOM Events, hyper-threading for Web browsers, application
caches, client-side storage and further more.
Local off-line storage for better support.
Formats like date, time, calendar, email, url, search have been added.
Local storage and session storage are two new methods that are used for storing
data.
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