How Has HTML5 Paved Way to Better Web?

Many analysts have predicted that 2015 will be an important year of 2015. The standards-based development technologies provided by HTML5 make it easier for developers to build modern and attractive internet applications. At the same time, HTML5 enables enterprises to curtail project overheads by avoiding commercial plug-in tools like Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight. As HTML5 and JavaScript run on devices ranging from smartphones and tablets to smartwatches, the technologies effectuate the development of programmable web pages. Therefore, the web developers have to adopt HTML5 to keep pace with the frequent technology changes.

How HTML5 Helps Developers to Build Better Internet Applications?

Rich Media: HTML5 enables programmers to embed videos and audio into the application without using any third-party application. They can simply use the <audio> and <video> tags to play the media smoothly be eliminating the errors associated with conventional web-based media playback techniques. The developers can further customize the video clips by defining required attributes like height, width and autoplay. However, they have to add additional code to make the audio or video accessible on older versions of certain web browsers.

Ability to Manipulate Files from Web Browsers: To deliver richer user experience, each modern internet app must communicate with the user’s local system without any hassle. Earlier, programmers have to use a variety of third party plug-ins to facilitate smooth communication between the application and user’s local system. The third party plug-ins are not supported by all web browsers. Also, the programmers have to update the plug-ins at frequent intervals to keep them current. The web developers can avail the ability of HTML5 to access, store and manipulate files from the user’s system. So the application will deliver richer and personalized user experience across web browsers.

New Tags to Organize Content: The HTML5 developers have option to organize the content using a set of new tags like <Header>, <footer>, <article> and <section>. The tags make it easier for developers to organize the web page content in a more systematic and relevant way. The option makes it easier for others to make changes to the website without putting extra time and effort. Further, the search engine crawlers can easily fetch the contextual information about the web page and its assets. Thus, the feature helps in increasing the website’s search engine ranking and visibility.

Elegant Forms: The developers can further use HTML5 to design more fancier and appealing forms. They have option to choose from a variety of text input, fields and search options. So it becomes easier to choose the most appropriate form elements according to specific needs. These features further enhance the user interface and make form validation native, while reducing JavaScript usage. The developers, however, has to use JavaScript code for the web browsers that do not support HTML5.

Offline Application Cache: While browsing a website, visitors want to access the previous page and next page without any internet connectivity. But the caching capabilities of individual web browsers differ. So the users have to reconnect to the internet to access the pages smoothly. But HTML5 enables programmers to specify the files that the web browser needs to catch. So they can allow a user to access the pages visited by him without reconnecting to the internet. The offline cache feature will further make the web page load faster, while reducing the load on server.

Local Storage Option: Often web developers find it challenging to track user data securely by overcoming the limitation of cookies. As the cookie data is added to individual HTTP request headers, it affects the response time negatively. So developers have to explore ways to reduce the cookie size. HTML5 enables developers to replace cookies with two distinct local storage options, i.e., sessionStorage and localStorage. Unlike cookies, the local storage feature enables programmers to store the user data in multiple windows. As the structured data is stored in a temporary database, the users can access the information without any hassle.

Geolocation APIs: Nowadays, internet applications use geolocation to provide the most relevant and localized information to a user based on his current geographical location. To figure out the user’s current location, the developers have to use a number of techniques including IP address, cell phone tower, wireless internet connection, and dedicated GPS tracking hardware. They can now use the HTML5 geolocation APIs to identify the current location of a user, and make the information available to the web application. Thus, the application can deliver the most appropriate and relevant information to each user based on his current geographical location.

HTML5 becomes more important in 2015 as the large corporations keep deprecating support for proprietary plug-in tools. In 2014, Google deprecated support for Microsoft Silverlight in its Chrome web browser. Likewise, in January 2015, YouTube replaced Flash with HTML5 for its default video player. That is why; the developers have to use HTML5 to optimize the application’s compatibility across devices and web browsers.

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