What is HTML5?
Html5 is a new specification core markup language being developed to move HTML forward in the realm of Web applications in the World Wide Web world.
HTML was developed by the W3C until 2004, when members of the HTML working group felt that the W3C was not paying enough attention in needs and development of the HTML language, W3C was actually focusing too much on XHTML and XML, So they formed a new group called WHATWG (Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group) devoted to evolving the Web. They started by working on a new specification of HTML – HTML 5 till now they are stucked in the development work of HTML5.
HTML 5 is a new version of HTML 4.01 ,HTML 4.01 came more than a dozen years age, if you have read any of the recent articles about Flash and Apple then you already know that the aims of HTML5 is to reduce the needs for proprietary add-ons and plug-ins like Flash, Silverlight, Java, etc
HTML5 introduces new elements and attributes, including <video> for videos file,<audio> for audio file,<nav> for navigation,<footer> for the bottom of a page. Some old elements like <font> ,<center> are being introduced in favor of cascading style sheets (CSS).
HTML5 specifies new application programming interfaces (APIs) for offline storage of data, document editing,drawing, and drag-and-drop functionality.
Every new Apple mobile device and new Mac with the latest version of Safari web browser supports web standards including HTML5.
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