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Success of HTML5

Success of HTML5

Presentation of User Interface (UI) is developed using HTML and HTML is executed by browser which is a client. This browser has a layout engine which processes HTML and executes the code. Its important to know that HTML is not executed on server side which is a web server. HTML enhances the User Experience on browser. HTML technology can be used in browsers and non-browser systems as well (eBook, Help , E-mail etc). Its a rich internet application technology.
Examples of HTML usage online is:
  • Flip-kart
  • snap-deal
  • gaana.com and many more.
These sites heavily rely on HTML.


Web applications using HTML on client side:
  • Google - search engine
  • Facebook - social media
  • You tube - videos
  • Times of India - news
  • Yahoo - search engine
  • Bing - search engine
  • Apple - for phones
  • Flip kart - Business to Customer (B2C)
Offline use of HTML:
  • Mainly in representation of document formats in  help application or system.
  • msdn integrated with Visual studio is a form of Offline complied HTML.
  • java documentation integrated with Eclipse
  • Windows help which is available on windows Operating system (OS).
  • MS office documentations.
HTML also used in eBook formats:
  •  Popular eBook is Amazon Kindle  which has extension of .azw3 (latest one). 
  • CHM is a complied HTML used in help books.
  • Other popular format is MOBI.
HTML also used in Emails. So emails heavily rely on HTML, since  email has to be opened in a browser (chrome / Firefox etc) on client side i.e emails use HTML to display rich text. 

HTML5 Features:
  • Its based on Open standards.
  • Not a proprietary technology.
  • Doesn't require any plugins.
  • Supported by all major browsers (Chrome, IE, Opera, safari, Firefox).
  • Provides capability for new widgets called as Web Forms (date, color, email, search etc widgets).
  • Canvas - Can develop Animations, Graphic application
  • Multimedia - YouTube streams video on browser using HTML 5.
  • Geo-location - can identify longitude and latitude to provide location based services.
  • Web-storage - Perform persistence at client site and develop parallel and threaded applications using web workers.
  • Web Socket- can develop connected applications.
  • It has enhanced support for drag and drop.
  • Search engine optimizations (SEO).
  • Its not restricted to main stream devices, can use in play station, smart TV, Sony reader, kindle, IOS, Android , windows.
  • HTML frameworks are Bootstrap, Toolkit, Foundation, motor framework etc. By using this applications can be developed quickly.
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