No matter what you think about Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Flash or how much you hate Internet Explorer, there’s finally a reason to celebrate the broswer: HTML5. Whether you’re a hardcore developer or a casual observer, there’s a lot to HTML5 and trying to figure out what’s going on and what it all means can be confusing. Here are five key takeaways to help you wrap your mind around all the goodness that this new set of standards has to offer:
- Your browser just got a lot more powerful. What people commonly refer to as HTML5 is more than a simple update to the world’s most popular markup language. In addition to providing us with lots of new elements that makes constructing web pages easier (and makes more sense) than ever before, there are lots of ways that this bundle of innovations is making your web browser a lot more powerful. Things like local storage (allowing web applications to use the browser, instead of their own servers, for storing temporary information, in some cases enabling offline work), geolocation (it knows where you are!), and advanced javascript API’s mean that things once possible on the desktop will now be widely deployed on the web.
- Web applications are about to be just applications. HTML was created and standardized when most websites were mostly read-only entities. HTML5, on the other hand, reflects an understanding that the web is about applications that require write access and all kinds of other user interaction. With native support for drag and drop, animation, and vector image creation using the versatile canvas element, HTML5 has all the tools you need to do some truly amazing things with web pages.
- No more plugins. Perhaps the coolest part of HTML5 is also the part you’re likely to find in wide usage first: inline audio and video. What does that mean? The days of downloading plugins to view video and and audio content on the internet are over. It’s about time we started treating these media types as first class web citizens, and this standard really makes that dream a reality. It also means that video and audio content can be implemented much more seamlessly in web pages – no more bulky frames or outmoded modules. Just the content, however and wherever you wanted. Here’s a kickass example of how cool all this can be.
- Mobile, mobile, mobile. All browsers, even mobile browsers, read HTML. Which means that in large part, the new standards will be supported across a huge variety of mobile devices and platforms. In devices with smaller memory and processors, there’s a lot of hope that HTML5 can reduce load times, dependence on processor-intensive scripting, and help cut down on other minutiae that can suck the life out of your battery and make the mobile experience cumbersome. And we can all agree on that
- Style that’s fresh to death. With all kinda of new tricks and goodies making their way into the CSS3 spec, we can expect lots of really good-looking websites to be born of HTML5 and friends. Whether it’s using @font-face declarations to spice up topography, using CSS3 transitions and animations to give designs an extra kick, or simply making good use of the rounded corners, gradients, and shadows that are built right in to CSS3, designers, developers, and users will be sure to notice a lot of new hotness around the web. The added bonus? Using CSS and HTML5 reduces the need to use javascript and images in many cases, making for speedier load times and better mobile experiences.
Check out the links below for more great information on HTML5 and lots of great demos:
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