The Web and HTML5
Posted by Raymond on Jul 6, 2010 2:37 PM
Hi All!
The future of the web is here! Well...almost. The finalization of HTML5 is right around the corner. For those who do not know what HTML5 is, it is basically the latest version of the langauge that web pages are written in.
What is great about HTML5 is that a lot of the problems that previous versions of HTML has are now fixed. This includes simple things that appear on the web like Videos and Audio files. Before, handling videos, animation, and audio took some sort of on page scripting. This is not the case any more. To add a video, all you would have to do is add a new 'video' tag, respectively. The same thing for the audio. All you have to do is add the new 'audio' tag. No more scripting to place these beloved elements on a web page.
Before I celebrate too much, there is one thing I am worried about. I am worried about Browser Compatibility. Who knows how today's browsers will handle the launch of HTML5. One browser in particular that stands out to me is Internet Explorer. Take a look here and see what I mean. I know Microsoft was never really into Web Standards but HTML5 seems like a prime opportunity to get things right on the web.
To sum everything up, I am really excited to see the launch of HTML5. The only thing that worries me is the lack of implementation of "certain" companies.
Categories: The Internet
