HTML5 Will Replace Flash: A World Wide Acceptance Across the Web
If you have been following the web world closely, you must come across thousands of stories that compare the advantages of HTML and HTML5. HTML5 is nothing but an advanced version of HTML, which is a mark language used to create web pages. HTML5 has definitely dragged people’s attention towards the extended multimedia features that, some people believe, will replace Flash. When a developer is using HTML, he/she need to develop multimedia application using Flash on the website as HTML does not support the same. But now, since HTML5 support multimedia features, some people have started believing that HTML5 will replace Flash as all the multimedia applications will be developed with the help of HTML5 itself. Even companies, which are developing multimedia applications and software, mobile phones, and markup languages, have accepted that HTML5 will be the best choice as compared to Flash. The reason for these companies to avoid Adobe Flash is very simple as they do not just want to be dependent on the application for their multimedia applications and hence prefer to use a language like HTML5 that can give them an ‘app-like’ experience to develop the interactive applications for their websites or mobiles.
Mobile companies such as Apple had already made it clear that it do not prefer Flash for its Mobile Operating Systems. The Late Founder of Apple Steve Jobs had written an essay condemning the use of Flash on iPhones, which had triggered a panic situation for Adobe Flash. However, Adobe made untiring efforts to keep its applications alive by associated with Samsung Galaxy, but the popularity of iPhone forced them to innovate platform that support their platform. Adobe did developed HTML5 support in order to encourage mobile companies to use flash. But some of the big brands including BlackBerry and platform such as Android were already supporting HTML5 effectively.
When we talk about the web applications, developers are very much happy to use HTML5 to develop interactive applications. What they all care for is to provide the best experience to their visitors. Even Adobe Flash wish to support HTML5, it will only promote the HTML5 creation tools.
Multimedia Advantages of HTML5:
1. With the help of HTML5, interactive games can be run on browser with downloading any other plug-in
2. Even the audio can be listened without any plug-in, however, some developers have not agreed on this element
3. With the help of WebGL technology, one can create interactive 3D effect using the computer graphics
4. HTML5 will also embed a video. However, some developers have not agreed on this element as well.
Major Advantages of HTML5:
Embedded video and audio
2D-Graphics: Canvas
Drag and drop support
Web storage
WebSockets
Web Workers
New semantic tags
The popularity of HTML5 can also be adjudged with the fact that now a day, developers prefer PSD to HTML5 conversion rather than PSD to HTML conversion. While one converts a PSD to HTML5, he/she is also benefited with HTML5 multimedia advantages ensuring more functionality of the website after the conversion.
Currently the HTML5 is specifying the draft. The process to standardize the applications is lead by Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG). The entire standardization process is expected to be completed in the beginning of 2012. The language is still under development and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has not yet finalized HTML5. So, you see? The language is not yet finalized but a large number of developers have already started using HTML5 for their web platform. The acceptance of the language can also be understood with this phenomenon. People want to use an all-round performing scripting language and HTML5 fit in their category the best.
And if the popularity increased with the same speed, the Adobe Flash wil definitely disappear even if the Flash continues to make HTML5-compatible tools. Flash will need to revolutionize the multimedia experience in order to be in the competition.
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