Plug out the plug-ins, here comes HTML 5

HTML 5 is a buzzword that’s generating discussion among the techies across the world via every possible medium. There is a huge data bank that has already been made on the web on this tool. Mostly optimistic about HTML 5, the techies see critical but positive changes around the corner and especially with mobile apps which will see a kinetic thrust in their development. The SEO experts are also in smiles with the power of ‘5’.

“Battery sucker”, is a term that has always been used by Apple interchangeably to describe the flash player. Apple has long rejected the usage of flash on iOS. And now with the news from adobe about stopping the development of the flash player circling the market, experts are hopeful that HTML 5 with its support for interactive media like videos, fluid animations, play music etc. will prove to be a boon for netizens accessing the web through mobile devices. As android and I-phone invades the mobile market with their seamless web accessing capabilities, the need for a universal language for web pages is catching up pace and HTML 5 promises to be at the forefront.

Let us discuss as to how HTML 5 will provide an unparalleled edge to mobile app development and usage-

• The performance and effects of interactive media will be available to mobile users using HTML 5 pages which will match the display standards of flash on a PC.
• Downloading a game will become obsolete as the games can be played in real time on mobiles without installation with HTML 5.
• It will also eliminate the usage of plug-ins hence saving valuable power in mobile devices.
• HTML 5 will also foster trans-platform accessibility of apps and games. Thus, multiple players can play the same game over phones, tabs and PCs. A user can also flip his device from PC to tab or mobile and vice versa.

SEO will also see benefits of the fifth version.  HTML 5 will be making the webmaster give instructions to the search engines about page segmentation leading to better and effective search. HTML 5 also comes with <article> and <section> tags helping in making special entries in web posts and producing different sections in the web page respectively.

As time progresses with more users accessing the web through mobile devices, HTML 5 will prove to steer the way in mobile app development.