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Top 4 Benefits of HTML 5 HTML5 allows mobile app developers to create more powerful and engaging web content for different cases and better UX. HTML5 features optimized-for-mobile interfaces and allows brands to keep their web pages light. Also, there is focus on practicality that lets on take advantage of the smaller screen size of mobile devices.

Meanwhile, while most new mobile browsers support HTML5, some older browsers still don’t.

Hence, while building a mobile site, it is very important to make sure that your site has HTML5 functionality that gels well with all the newer browsers. Also, create another version of your site with the same core functionality, but without the new HTML5-enabled UI/UX, for older browsers.

Below are the top 4 benefits of using HTML 5:

1. Video and Audio Tags Earlier, developers were able to embed rich media without the use of third-party plugins or add-ons. Older versions of HTML mandated the use of Adobe Flash, Quick-time or similar software to embed and play back media. Now, however, dedicated web

developers can simply use the new <video> and <audio> element tags introduced in HTML5.

2. Offline Application Caching Another key advantage of HTML5 is caching for websites. Although most of the key web browsers already support resource caching, they are programmed to automatically delete items to free up storage space for new items. HTML5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Application Cache eradicates this problem while allowing users to navigate an entire website without an active internet connection (assuming they have cached the files already).

3. Client-Side Database HTML 5 provides a new SQL-based database, API, that can be used for storing data locally, meaning client side. What you get is fully defined and structured database storage. This lets a developer save structured data client-side using a real SQL database.

While it is not a permanent database, it allows you to store structured data on a temporary basis. The data can be procured to support web application and it can also be accessed when the client-side connection is interrupted for a short period of time. This database can be used to store e-mails or shopping cart items for an online shopping site.

4. Geo-Location The new and fresh HTML 5 geo-location APIs detect location, either generated via GPS or other methods and make them directly available to any HTML 5-compatible, browserbased application. A good example is the Google Latitude web app for iPhone. This is an authentic web app, not a platform-dependent iPhone application.

This is only the overview of HTML5; in reality, there is a lot more to know about it. In the near future, HTML 5 may become an online development language, although it may take some time. It is a potential means for delivering content and experiences that may ably fulfill the demands and needs of your user base across the devices they use.