New Features of HTML5

• zendnwar
• December 31, 2012
• HTML5
• 0 Comments

New Features:

HTML5 introduces a number of new elements and attributes that helps in building a modern websites. Following are great features introduced in HTML5.

• New Semantic Elements: These are like <header>, <footer>, and <section>.
• Forms 2.0: Improvements to HTML web forms where new attributes have been introduced for <input> tag.
• Persistent Local Storage: To achieve without resorting to third-party plugins.
• WebSocket : A a next-generation bidirectional communication technology for web applications.
• Server-Sent Events: HTML5 introduces events which flow from web server to the web browsers and they are called Server-Sent Events (SSE).
• Canvas: This supports a two-dimensional drawing surface that you can program with JavaScript.
• Audio & Video: You can embed audio or video on your web pages without resorting to third-party plugins.
• Geolocation: Now visitors can choose to share their physical location with your web application.
• Microdata: This lets you create your own vocabularies beyond HTML5 and extend your web pages with custom semantics.
• Drag and drop: Drag and drop the items from one location to another location on a the same webpage.