HTML5 Features

HTML5 is not one big set of feature, but instead it is a set of individual feature. Each browser supporting a subset of it. Which just makes it more difficult to build using it…

HTML5 adds new tags and corresponding API in the DOM (Document Object Model).

• Canvas - to draw using JavaScript.
• Video - to play video without extra plugins.
• Local Storage - to hold a lot of data on the client.
• Web Workers - threadding for your JavaScript in the browser.
• Offline web application - to download web elements and store locally.
• Geolocation - to know where the client is.
• Input types
• Placeholder text in input fields