A major upgrade to the HTML standard that adds many new HTML objects and functionalities.
HTML was not originally created to support heavily formatted, graphic-intensive pages or animations. HTML5 improves the built-in layout capabilities of HTML by adding a variety of new layout objects such as:
- header
- nav
- section
- article
- aside
- footer
- and others…
In addition HTML5 introduces additional objects that make it easier to import and manipulate content such as audio and video.
Used in conjunction with CSS3 and Javascript, HTML5 allows in-browser animation and content manipulation that previously required the use of server-side scripting or browser plugins like Flash.