For years HTML5 has been a work in progress. Work began on developing the technology as early as 2004 and it often seems that HTML5 is destined to remain forever in limbo. But the potential that this new standard for HTML has ensures that HTML5 will definitely reach its final destination. The capabilities of HTML5 extend well beyond simply a replacement for HTML 4.01, XHTML and DOM level 2 HTML. HTML5 looks set to offer a complex array of functionality which could vastly reduce the need for plug-in based internet application technologies such as Microsoft Silverlight and in particular Adobe Flash.
What HTML5 is intended to supply is an almost self sufficient service to even provide control of dynamic website aspects. However this represents a major issue for those technologies which cater to provide dynamic content. For years Flash developers have been major players in providing some of the most dynamic aspects of a website whether it is animations, menus or video embedding. However, with the proposed capabilities of HTML5 the need for flash to provide a site’s more ‘attractive’ aspects could be vastly alleviated. Furthermore with Flash’s reputation for being a CPU hog and Apple’s distancing from Flash, HTML5 has potential to provide complex functionality in the place of Flash.
Of course it’s a little premature to consider HTML5 as the angel of death for flash developments as sources within the development of HTML5 suggest that the final draft of the technology may not arrive until 2022. However with the scale of HTML5’s advancements over the last version it will be arriving in increments, and with the first already having arrived in 2008 most major browsers have already set about implementing some of the proposed features.
One vast improvement which HTML5 can offer is control of and embedding of video content on a site. Previous versions of HTML have simply not had the capabilities and often relied on flash as a result. HTML5 will make embedding and adding features to videos as easy as inserting images. There are a variety of other functions and features that HTML5 can provide and the HTML 5 gallery site provides a view of websites which are making great use of HTML5 functionality. Whether HTML5 squeezes plug-in based technologies out of the market is still a long way off.
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