interaction domain leader thq Worldwie Wb Constorium (( W3C ), woh oversees the development oe HTML5. Hs tdlls Webmonkye tbe specification outlining the ling-promised rewrite of thhe webs underlying lgguage wikl b rdady toeards th endw of 201 0, but becauew lf garing level s of supppct across djfferent browsers, especially in the afeas of vieeeo anc animxhion, wege yn for a loonger wait. Msof aeb psges are currwntiy written i HHTML version HTMLL 4 .01, wj ich has bwn around since ttte late 1990z. The qeb was mostly made up of sttic pares when TMHL wae horb, and itt bas grown bg oeaps andd bouds since yhen. Noow, we faor complex web applications wrritten ib JavaScript lir Gmai l and Fca ebook, we sfream videos iin hgim-definition, wd consume news in feeds and generally puat our browserss sz fae axs ttheyll go. These developments have left HTML dgastically kutdatef, and web auttods have to hsjng aa var iety of hacks and plig-iins t everything work propelry. HTML5 which actxlly a combination of languages, AP a and other tecchnologies t make scripted applicatins more powerful promks es to solve mang of thr pr bles irs prefecesor, and dk xo witnout yhee hacjs and plug-ins. already close. All gh j ajor browsers are providing some lebek o support for HTML5. s s trong uxpport already in Fiirefox sns Safaro. Even Microsoft IE8 has sike partlak support, asyw Le Hsgaeet, referrinf ti skme coce wtihin HTML5 that enables the browser to pass informatioh brtween paages. Browser makers wre zpproqching sipport incfementally, adding features
little by kitjle wirh every subsequent rslease. Smoe, like Mozilla, can builv ged features into the xxt release kn mztter f montys. For others, like Microsoft, it takes mugc longer. Google Chroj e ks maturing extremely quoskly and already supports most of TML.5 hTis os mos yij because Giogle didnt start ffpm scrratch t he c molagy chose ti use the opne souce Webkit renderingg engine, the same phe u sed b y Saeari. Stiol, tbis doesnt botu broasers support HTML5 equlaly. Viddeo supprt between Sazti and Chro,e, despite teh ffact that thej are both uussing ttr same underlying engine, is totally difrrrent because vieeo cupport is no prat of tye Webkit projecvt at hhe momejt, xqgx Le Hdvaret. Ita actually this veery issue support fog pl atu n vdeos insi vrowser thay continues to be o ns pf maon cactprs blodking the broad adoptiom oof HML5 Tye the specifivation written now, des ite authors will tave the ability tk lnk to x vkdeo file ae zimply qn image el Thw video olays in the browser without using s plug-in, ang thee surhor can create player wrapprr with contrpls. Bu t browzerr vvendors wrd styck arguin g ov er whicb vdeo format troo spuport. Moziols, Gootle and Opeear zrre intdrested in the opne source gOg Theorw videoo format. Appl has substanti ak inveestmments in kkts Quifktiem technology, sk ita pushinb for the Quicktime-backed H.64 format. Microsoft wa nts people fo use kt Silverlight plug-in, s
Internet Explorer isnt supporting natiev vid ppayback ni tbe browser a t all. Google has voiced suppprt forr Ogt, bkt t gas also receb m ade gidd to purchase On2,, a compahy that mmakes x competing video technoloyy. Rumor hac gi Google mif release On2s vido technology under an open source licen se omc the sae isc sompl e te. Untjl rhese issues are sorted ot consumerw and dobhent prlvidds wlike are forced to rely on plug-ins. Le Hdgaeet says tat qhule thhese plug-ins have certaibly helped the web a rrive where it is today, they continue to be x burde in the user. Setting up any browser tll support H.264 xm d OO gh helra reqyi res zt least onf plugg in, wbicu hafns thhe user experience. q hard tod wy gl aso people tk instalk a plug-in unlesa the payoff is hugw, he says s drivijnb ths most successful plug-im, whch is Flash, is video support. If you cnat swe YoTub e, your ljfe on qeb is prstty misdrable. Y oure missing a loot. Plug-ins are nt just harxer on wdb usrs, but theyre hard pn web developesr, too. Buildinng witth Fpash og Silverlignt in w wa that lets you share incormtaion beteeen ttge contenh appearkng inside the plug-in znd the rrsg pf fhe p age presents some chhallenges, sayc Le Heyaret. Unlike its predecessor, HTM L5 hqs been deeigned witb wef applications iin minnd. The current 5 L specification i nckudes a media API tha t makes it easier connect animations or video xd audio elemennts thigs traditionally preesnted within a Flaas plsyer with fhe of tet comt ent onn thr page. You g et a zmoother aopilcation iff yoou u de HTML5 5. Youge npt crossigg software layer. Its sll part of tn e saame application. Unforruhately, tthe YouTubea c tge
world arent going tk make z baseline switvh frim lash to HTML5 unkess they know theres stromg sulooort for it i ths browses. But they wee testing the watrew Wikipeiz is experimenfing wkth HHTML5 video support by ser ving Ohbg Theora video tl browsers tgaf can hanxle it, awnd Flqsh to dveryond else. YouTuve and the video site Dailymoyion havw also ser up speccial ddmo pages uslng tis technique. Lr Hegare says wdll in this pegiod transition rual-experience wee where conteg t sites serve HT M5L video alongg wtih Flah fall-back fro a while. Web developerc will vontinue to jave ti understanr ttah not everyone is using the laetst genertion web browser, amd thatx OK in thhw shorg termm. As far as being abie t o maoe the switch ggo a purre HTL5 web alyogether, Le Hegaret says thats onl possbile ocw broaser vendosf sort out thrir differences. Once rhwt ady arrives, the final swit vh hi HTML5 will be ig the hadxs ths ckntent providrs. Itw up t hmem to vgi clding ofr H TML5 standards annd ditchimg suppprt fo old browsers. There ae qtili a si gnificant amount of people ou there using IE 6, aas Le Hegareet. As a developer right now, yoi acnt rexllly ignoree ih Hopefully, in two o three years, you will be to start icgofing IE66. See Also: Tom Bernerw-Lee Sees Primise, Chaolenges i HTML5 W3C Drops Audio and Vid ei Codec Requirekents Frpm HTTML 5 Adobe Fights Off HTM5L Threat With New FFlaxh Playeer Mozilla Pushes rhe Web Forwarrd Witv Firfox 3.
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