There are new features for several different elements with the World Wide Web language. Some of the new features are used for embedding audio, video, graphics, client-side data storage, and interactive documents. In addition, you will find new elements like <nav>, <header> and <footer>.

You will find over 100 new HTML 5 tags to take advantage of with the revision. Some of the new tags you will find help to define a comment, document type, hyperlink, an article, a body element and much more.

As mentioned, there are several new tags that will help define entertainment features as well. Some of the new tags within this area include <video>, <img> for an image, <canvas> to describe graphics, and <audio> to define sound content. With more and more web sites applying video and audio to their web pages, it is imperative you recognize and understand these tags.

With over 100 different tags added to the revised HTML, it can take some time to become completely familiar with all of the new HTML 5 tags. There are certainly some that will become more popular than others; especially for your particular niche. The key is recognizing the tags that you use most and familiarizing yourself with as many as possible that will be associated with your business.

Find a list of all supported Tags here…

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HTML5 is the proposed next standard for HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 and DOM Level 2 HTML. Its goal is to reduce the need for proprietary RIA technologies, which include the likes of Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight and Sun JavaFX.

The ideas for the revised HTML began all the way back in 2004 by the WHATWG and are just now making way. Although parts of the revision have been completed and are ready for use, it is an ongoing work that is expected to continue for many years to come.

It certainly features a number of new elements and attributes that will assist modern web sites. Some of the basic elements that have been added include semantic replacements for common uses of generic block and inline elements. Other elements will work with standardized interface like <audio> and <video> elements.

As you learn HTML 5, you will find there are some elements that have been dropped from HTML 4.01. One such feature is the presentational elements of <font> and <centers> which are now achieved using CSS.

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As you can see these websites using HTML 5 are nothing short of EXCELLENT !! below is the corresponding links if you wish to have a look at their live websites.

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HTML 5 canvas example - Super Mario Bros

To see a live preview of this please CLICK HERE. Isn’t it just amazing to see were the future of HTML 5 is heading.

Another Canvas example this time showcasing a First Person Shooter using HTML 5 canvas elements again pictured below:

HTML 5 canvas - Fisrt Person Shooter

To see a live preview of this example CLICK HERE.

AS HTML 5 is still a work in progress we here at HTML 5 Tutorial are still trying to get a grip on the upcoming canvas elements and properties, so please bare with us as we are in the process of creating some HTML 5 canvas tutorials, these should be ready in the coming weeks, so bookmark us and check back soon.

You can read the current draft standard here: Whatwg

We can only hope that Whatwg can develop a similar tag / element as the dialog had quite a large following, anyhow we will keep you updated once more news comes to hand.