What is HTML5?

A brief overview of HTML5.

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So, if you have been paying attention to chatter on the internet these days, especially geeky chatter, you may have heard the term HTML5. Well what is that?

HTML stands for, uhhh forget it, but its the behind the scenes coding language that makes us able to see stuff online.

Since the original HTML was invented with the web over 20 years ago, it has gone through many updates, but its been more than a decade since the last one, and in web terms that's pretty much forever. I mean like 10 years ago we all still loved our digital watches.

So HTML has been a few steps behind changes on the web for quite some time. For example, when video came along, there was no way to integrate it naturally into HTML, so different companies developed their own video players to work around it. These worked OK, but they all were all external plugins, meaning that you had to download them, and this was, well, annoying and potentially risky.

HTML5 is adding capabilities to deal with this stuff - like video - right into its code, so that plugins hopefully won't be necessary. And there's plans to add a bunch more cool stuff that previously was tricky or even impossible to implement with HTML alone. The overall hope is that some day it will create a standard, consistent web experience across all devices and browsers.

HTML5 is still being developed, and as of early 2012 isn't 100% finalized, but the browsers are starting to implement some of its features, and together they are working hard to get HTML5 fully ready for uhhhh... someday in the future.

[beanietasticday]

R.I.P. Adobe Flash Player.
“gg no re”
November 1996 — December 2020.

[CyberTronics]

Truly amazing video for beginners to grasp. Still beneficial a decade later.

[KangJangkrik]

welcome to future everybody..
now you're using HTML 5 right now, right there

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[janetbeatrice]

Thanks for this. I just skimmed an article that was supposedly everything you need to know about html5. It was so complex and seemed intended for an audience that already knew about it. I learned more about it from this 2011 video.

[florenmonish]

OMG I was 18years old when this video had come out 😮 Surprisingly, youtube recommended this once again. Nostalgic ❤

[azonites]

Watched this video in 2020. Such an amazing job. The content is visually very appealing. Also, yes, HTML5 rocks, although it's getting old again :D

[LondonDisperses]

A lot of pretentious people in these comments. This wasn't that long ago, please spare us the "So long ago" "Outdated" "back then I..." comments. That really annoys me for some reason. Because in 1995, people didn't talk about 1990 like it was ancient history. Obnoxious new trend to constantly act amazed that time is moving forward. Not to be cynical, but it really irks me.
And I found helpful information in this video that I'm just learning and it's 3/12/2016 today -- I've been using html4 for a long time -- so no need to remove it; it still contains helpful info, thank you!
*And on another note* the only thing that really bums me out about html5 is the removal of the <font> tag in favor of CSS. I know CSS allows more specific functionality, but <font> was really handy for stuff like text color.

[TopicSimpleLand]

Actually some of the animation was done in Flash.

[alphablitz]

I love how short this video is. Awesome work.
Soooo much time wasting in other informational videos.

[Valdaur]

This is a great video for 2011. Good job!

[Rajesh-ebuj]

Simple and clear...excellent way of making this video.!!

[TheBakMahad]

Nice video. Nice animation too; loved the vacuum.

[MrFallior]

"Getting ready for some day in the future" The date planned is December 2012

[alexohara]

awsome content format. Easy to understand synopsis with fun graphics :) Yay!

[gwhizkids]

Awesome video! Even as a geeky kid, I didn't quite get what all the hype was, but at least now I can do stuff on my iPad!

[pawclaw]

THIS VIDEO IS GREAT, WAS UPLOADED ON MY MUM'S BDAY, THE YEAR I WAS BORN!!!

[energymaster]

Could you please do a video on how to use HTML5 this days, like downloading safe things as you said, would be nice and really helpful.

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