Introduction to HTML5 : Part 1 - CodeProject

Introduction to HTML5 : Part 1 - CodeProject

Hello all, this is my first blog post here on TOC and I'm excited to present this article on HTML5 element. As you might know HTML5 has been around here for a fair amount of time now and since all major browsers support its semantics with very minor differences, many developers are now picking it as their preferred choice for web development. Specially after the release of IE9 with support for HTML5 and hardware-accelerated text, video and graphics speed up performance that makes websites perform like programs installed on your computer, or in the words of Dean Hachamovitch a “native experience”. And with announcement of IE10 Platform Preview 1 available for download, at MIX11, it is the first step in delivering the next wave of progress in native HTML5 support. So let’s get started and explore the most powerful element of HTML5 the element.