HTML5 - Getting started

Welcome to the series of HTML 5. I'm planning to cover several new features that have been introduced in HTML 5 specification.

Before we dive into HTML5 features letz see the basics of HTML5.

What exactly is HTML5?

Well, HTML5 is the evolution of HTML standard. It is a new version of HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 focusing on the needs of Web application developers. Due to the adoption of WebKit on mobile devices, HTML5 is gaining a lot of traction around smartphone and tablet development.

The true power of HTML5 is Coordination. It helps all the browser vendors to standardize on a common set of features.

Wikipedia says,

Like its immediate predecessors, HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.1, HTML5 is a standard for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. The new standard incorporates features like video playback and drag-and-drop that have been previously dependent on third-party browser plug-ins such as Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight.

While HTML5 specification is not finalized yet, you can use it with any browser that supports it. It shouldn’t be long before all browsers are 100% compatible as HTML 5 has been designed to make things easier for browsers to render a web page, powerful applications, rich multimedia, stunning designs are all on their way to a computer screen near you.

Google more than anyone, is pushing HTML5 on all fronts.

Watch this space for the series of posts about HTML 5!