What’s new to HTML5?
The HTML4 standard hasn’t seen a major update in most of its life, with even the XHTML standard creating stricter coding but lacking in new features. The new HTML5 standard which has been under development since 2004 is now surfacing, with a larger support with modern browsers.
Here are some of the new features and elements to HTML5:
<audio> <video>The audio and video element allows you to easily embed videos and audio without the need for flash while retaining certain features like autoplay and loop. A great example of where this is being used is: http://www.dailymotion.com/openvideodemo it doesn’t use flash only HTML5, JS and CSS3.
<header> <nav> <article> <aside> <section> <footer>These structural elements are a great way to slove the over use of divs and classes which are always used to the excess in modern HTML.
<canvas>This is a javascript controlled drawing area allowing you to make graphs easily. A example of the canvas element with RGraph can be found at http://www.phpguru.org/static/canvas.html.
<!doctype html>This replaces the original DOCTYPE and HTML elements, combining the two into one streamline starting point.
<acronym> <basefont> <center> <font> <frame> <strike> <u>All of these elements are deemed outdated and have been removed, mainly because there is a better or more efficient way of doing them.
Is the world ready for HTML5?
Well, it’s getting there. With recent progressions in the browser industry a hand-full of these tags are now supported but still only with the latest versions. So if you’re considering developing a new site, HTML5 is still a long way from main stream.
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Additional Resources:
http://www.phpguru.org/static/html5
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/previewofhtml5/
http://webdesign.about.com/od/html5/a/html_5_whats_new.htm
Nice ennancements, I’d like to see how the:
tags work.
now i use HTML 5, but im still confused using element
section. thanksW3 has this to say:
“Definition and Usage
The tag defines sections in a document. Such as chapters, headers, footers, or any other sections of the document.”
And A List Apart saids this:
“The section element represents a generic section of a document or application, such as a chapter, for example.”
If that helps at all
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awesome post. now i have to dive into html5.
is it ok to start using html of live websites ?