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If you a newbie in HTML5 development , here is the right place to start of with. I will tell you about the five main features of HTML5 , that will change the way website and user communicate. A whole new bunch of features , which make the life of web developers easy. HTML5 will significantly change the way websites are designed. It is already a favored platform for new age technology.
The Apple iPhones, iPads and Google Android phones, Windows phone already use elements of HTML 5. This makes it an important markup language for wesite designing projects across various display devices.
HTML5 features in the limelight.The HTML project working group has released several feature specs till now. Some of key ones are :
Video Element: Designers can now build web pages without having to resort to third-party proprietary plug-in software like Flash. YouTube is experimenting with using HTML 5 to display video. Built in video controls makes the feature more attractive and easy to use.
Offline Cache : offline cache now allow the web application to run offline.Applications that are cached load and work correctly even if users click the refresh button when they are offline. Google has already made use of this feature replacing its Google Gears mail client with HTML 5. Google Wave also usesHTML 5.
To enable the application cache for an application, you must include the "manifest" attribute in the <html> element in your application's pages,
<html manifest="mypage.appcache">
</html>
Canvas For Drawing : Canvas Element lets you to manipulate graphics and images allowing easy rendering of images easily. No need to use technology such as Jquery. This will made the development easy and saves times. HTML 5 defines the <canvas> element as “a resolution-dependent bitmap canvaswhich can be used for rendering graphs, game graphics or visual.
<canvas id="Drawimage" width="200" height="200"
style="border:1px solid #000000;">
</canvas>
Geolocation: The HTML5 Geolocation feature enables user location identification using various geo location technologies GPS (Global Positioning system), IP address, RFID (Radio frequency ID), Wi-Fi , Bluetooth MAC address and GSM/CDMA cell IDs. The system is bound by privacy regulations and needs to be authorized by individuals before it can be utilized.
Web Workers: The web worker element provide a simple means for web content to run scripts in background threads. Once created, a worker can send messages to the spawning task by posting messages to an event handler specified by the creator.
So here is the five in five features of HTML5 ,It is surely a web technology whose future holds good.Most of the top browsers are including the new HTML5 specs in their development plans. Firefox, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer (IE8) have shown receptivity to most of the changes though the process is expected to take time. Reply me with your views on HTML5 and its feature.