Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Dec 2007 21:01 UTC, submitted by irbis
"The web is constantly evolving. New and innovative websites are being created every day, pushing the boundaries of HTML in every direction. HTML 4 has been around for nearly a decade now, and publishers seeking new techniques to provide enhanced functionality are being held back by the constraints of the language and browsers. To give authors more flexibility and interoperability, and enable more interactive and exciting websites and applications, HTML 5 introduces and enhances a wide range of features including form controls, APIs, multimedia, structure, and semantics."
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2006-12-05
Flash's over-use (come on, sites actually require this crap?) and bugginess (especially in Linux... don't know how many times it ate all my memory trying to watch a video on IGN, or was prevented from scrolling with my mouse wheel) has really been getting on my nerves for a while now. Audio/video support directly within the browser through html using cross-platform codecs sounds like a blessing at this point. Hopefully eventually this leads to most sites ditching Flash for video in favor of the more "native" method, leading to less (if not none) Flash dependence, fewer bugs, better use of resources, and more universally-viewable sites across different OSes/devices. Browsing Web sites would be a much more pleasant experience. My only question... why didn't this happen a long time ago?