The web is constantly evolving. New & innovative web applications are being created every day, pushing the boundaries of HTML in every direction. To give developers more flexibility and interoperability, and enable more interactive and exciting websites and applications, HTML 5 is introduced. It enhances a wide range of features including form controls, APIs, multimedia, structure, and semantics.
HTML5 is currently being under development process and is the next major revision of HTML and it is still far away from W3C recommended release date (year 2022 or later). However with the release of Apple iPad, the topic is got extremely heated and almost every web designer are talking/reading/writing/blogging/twitting
about it.
This article is intended to provide a brief introduction to some of the major features as they are:
1. New Markup Elements for Better Structure
2. New Media Elements providing New Standard for Media
3. Canvas Element
4. New Form Elements
5. Input Types & Attributes
