Next Big Thing For internet – Html5 : What, Why And How !!

HTML 5 – The new markup language for cyberspace. We are on the edge of next step of the internet evolution. As you know HTML is the core language of online world. Every basic thing on web development starts from HTML and its templates. HTML 5 is next major upgrade of HTML. But, stop that is not it. HTML 5 is making and breaking some major things on Web, So watch out…….

What is HTML 5 ?

HTML 5 is the fifth major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web, HTML. This new revision of HTML incorporates features like video playback and drag-and-drop that have been previously dependent on third-party browser plug-ins such as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Google Gears. HTML5 introduces a number of new elements and attributes that reflect typical usage on modern websites.

Battle Begins Flash Vs HTML5 On iPad

Header, Footer, Navigation Menu and Main Content - These are the common parts of every webpage or website you see on your browser today. So here HTML5 Comes which has element for almost every common thing of modern websites. Here are Some new elements that are being introduced in HTML5

New Elements Added in HTML5 Forms

article, aside, audio, canvas, command, datalist, details, embed, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, keygen, mark, meter, nav, output, progress, rp, rt, ruby, section, source, summary, time, video

New Methods Added in HTML5 Forms

PUT and DELETE   (Previously there was two : GET and POST)

To see more Additions and changes of HTML5.  Please Visit Wikipedia Here

Why HTML 5 is needed ?

There are certain expectations of website interface today and modern web pages usually end up rehashing a lot of the same code to do navigation, searches and other functionality that every website has. HTML5 abstracts much of this functionality to save us time and bandwidth. New features include integration of video and audio without any java scripting or fancy tricks. You can also now pull off tricks like drag and drop interfaces, online document editing and much more without costly custom coding that may not be compatible across the board.

Youtube and HTML5

HTML5 has several goals which differentiate it from HTML4. Continue Reading »