HTML5...

A new version of HTML will soon be the standard for web pages and supported in the latest browsers. HTML5 will be the new standard for HTML, XHTML, and the HTML DOM.

HTML5 - New Features
1) Functions for embedding audio, video, and graphics

2) Client-side data storage

3) Interactive documents

4) New structural elements<article>, <header>,<footer>, <nav>, <section>, and <figure>

5) New form controls calendar, date, time, email, url, search

6) JavaScript enhancements

HTML5 - Better Browser Support

The latest versions of Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 all support many of the new HTML5 features.

In addition, the mobile web browsers that come pre-installed on iPhones, iPads, and Android phones all have excellent support for HTML5.

Specific browsers supporting HTML5 are:

• IE 9+ (Windows), Firefox 3.0+ (all operating systems), Safari 3.0+ (Windows, OS X, and iPhone OS 1.0+ operating systems), Chrome, Opera 9.5+ (all operating systems)

Note: With all the current "buzz" regarding HTML5, support for various HTML5 features within browsers varies almost daily. HTML feature support information listed within the Quick Guide may become outdated quickly. Refer to the internet for updated information and watch for updates to the Quick Guide.

Recommendation: When developing web pages using HTML5, it is recommended to detect support for individual HTML5 features using JavaScript. To help with this, use Modernizr, a JavaScript library that detects support for HTML5 and CSS3 features.

HTML5 - New & Updated Elements

Since HTML4.01 was approved, some HTML elements are now obsolete, never used, or not used the way they were intended. These elements have been removed or re-written in HTML5.

In addition, HTML5 also includes new elements for better structure, drawing, media content, and better form handling.