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HTML5 in 60 seconds

#What is HTML5?

###"develop Web apps, not apps!" -Tim Berners-Lee // guy who invented internet

HTML5 is a collection of the HTML language, CSS3 and JavaScript APIS. These technologoies allow developers to create complex aplications once relgated to the desktop.

HTML5: Explained in Less than 60 Seconds

HTML in 60 seconds

###Who uses HTML5?

To go find out who the browswer compatible with HTML5 go to HTML5Test.com.

HTML5 Features on Mobile

Browser Version
Android 2.3+
Blackberry 7+
Chrome 18+
Firefox 22+
iOS 3.1+
Opera 11.5+
Windows Phone 7.5+

HTML5 Features on Desktop

Browser Version
Chrome 10+
Firefox 10+
IE 7+
Opera 12.1+
Safari 5+

###Why do they use HTML5?

+Semantics
integrated giving meaning to structure. Richer set of tags known as RDFa, microdata and microformats
+Access content offline
Web apps can now work without internet connection because of the brillant App Cache
+Sweet Features
Access audio/video from microphones and cameras or find waldo with geolocation
+Go Faster
Everything is faster from multimedia -- video, 3d, graphics -- to chats with web sockets, server-sent events, Web Workers and HMLHttpRequests making performance
+Mobile Ready
+Eliminates need for 3rd party plugins
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