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HTML 5-The facilitator of mobile web applications
HTML 5-The facilitator of mobile web applications
Mobile Technology is witnessing a paradigm shift. Read more to find out the role of HTML 5 in this revolution.
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02/02/2012
Mobile technology is constantly evolving. From the day iPhone made its debut in the stores, there has been a paradigm shift in the internet usage patterns. The swelling numbers of Smartphone users are displacing the internet usage from their desks to their pockets. And as this happen, HTML 5 is steadily becoming the universal language for coding the web and web apps, giving mobile users richer applications and usability than before.
HTML5 is the most advanced version of the markup language that comes with various advantages that are required for web application development and are used by mobile users basically. Some notable advantages of HTML5 are-
• Offline support- HTML5 supports offline browsing of data with the help of an offline cache. Developers, while building the site can specify the files that the browser should cache which helps in offline support of data along with faster web page loading.
• No Plug-ins- HTML5 will allow developers to keep space on a web page where they wish to put interactive content such as videos games etc. This will eliminate the need to install flash, silverlight and other plug-ins.
• Descriptive semantics- It is now easy to identify the parts of a page and understand the meaning of the specific part within a short period of time.
• Richer media elements- HTML 5 comes with special tags such as