Work on HTML 5 started in 2004 and after 5 years we are still no where close to the final draft. Ian Hickson, the co-editor of HTML 5 said that we might have to wait till 2022 for the final draft. But still, even at this stage of its development, HTML has a lot to offer. We have listed the 5 most exciting features of the language:
1. Video Element
You can embed a video on a page with the same amount of ease as you could embed an image with the help of HTML 5 codes. And what makes it better is that you can manipulate videos and built-in video controls and of course you don't need to rely on third-party codes to embed a video.
2. Canvas
Canvas in simple terms can be described as the drawable region in HTML code with height and width attributes. Dynamically generated graphics is the new function HTML 5 offers. It can be used to draw graphics, make photo compositions, or do simple (or complicated) animations. All of this again can be done without having to rely on an external plug-in.
3. Geo-Location
The geo-location API lets you share your location with trusted web sites. The details of your location are available to JavaScript on the page. Sources of location information included Global-Positioning System (GPS) and network signals such as Wifi, Bluetooth, IP address etc. This feature can only be sued if the user gives the application permission to use this information.
4. Application Caches
This feature allows you to store web apps (like e-mails) and access it without having to connect with the internet. Google gears (helps you access Gmail offline) is an implementation of HTML 5 codes for Applications Cache.
5. Hyper-Threading for Web browsers
With this feature, separate background threads can be used for processing without affecting the performance of a webpage. This is extremely useful for applications with rely on heavy scripts to perform such functions
The above mentioned features of HTML 5 (and the rest) have compatibility issues with some browsers (IE specifically). HTML 5 is still in its development phase and certain features haven't been fully defined. Nevertheless, it is still very useful with the extra features it offers as compared to its previous features.
There is much more to come in HTML 5 but for now these are certain features that will definitely help designers and developers.
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