HTML 5
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Daniel Cawrey in Features, News
One of the big benefits touted for Chrome OS is the fact that it will support the newest HTML 5 technology. But for most people (including myself) it is not specifically known what exactly the ability to support HTML 5 will allow us to do while surfing the net. That is why I did some research to find out exactly what HTML 5 is all about.
For starters, HTML 5 is going to be able to better handle interactivity on the web. There will be new tags such as the video tag that will be able to specify different types of interactive content. Embedding applications are going to be much easier than they are today with HTML4. Overall, functionality with next-generation browsers (and Chrome OS) are the highlights.
Another element that will greatly enhance Chrome is HTML 5’s ability to add offline storage. This is going to be important – as I have discussed in a previous post what it would be like to have a netbook running Chrome OS without any internet access would be just as good as owning a $300 rock.
The big thing that is a game-changer, in my mind, is HTML 5’s enhancement of the conglomeration of resources that are on the web that can be placed into a web page. Applications, video and other interactive elements will be able to better flow on the web. Plus, the ability for applications to run smooth over the internet is something that Google has been anticipating, and developers of web apps should take note and begin preparing more complex software that runs in the cloud as opposed to all the software applications we run natively today.
