- Apr 25, 2013
- 5,355
As the press release of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) puts it:
HTML5 brings to the Web video and audio tracks without needing plugins; programmatic access to a resolution-dependent bitmap canvas, which is useful for rendering graphs, game graphics, or other visual images on the fly; native support for scalable vector graphics (SVG) and math (MathML); annotations important for East Asian typography (Ruby); features to enable accessibility of rich applications; and much more.
In theory, at least, the audio, video and graphics canvas capabilities of HTML5-plus-JavaScript should be the final nail in the coffin of Java in your browser.
Indeed, HTML5 ought also to be the beginning of the end of Flash, too; if you still have Flash installed in your browser, you might want to try uninstalling it and seeing whether you can live without it.
Given that HTML5 is part of your browser anyway, with any security risks that might imply, getting rid of browser Java and Flash altogether just means two fewer products to update, and two fewer fruitful sources of vulnerabilities that crooks love to exploit.
The W3C admits in its release that "HTML5 has been in use for years," not least because an official definition was published nearly two years ago.
However, the W3C also points out that the new Recommendation now includes a series of tests that can help developers stick to a truly cross-platform standard, as well as commitments to royalty-free licensing for many of the technologies embraced by HTM5.
Indeed, the latest Recommendation is touted as the way to achieve:
[T]he "write once, deploy anywhere" promise of HTML5 and the Open Web platform.
Full Article
HTML5 brings to the Web video and audio tracks without needing plugins; programmatic access to a resolution-dependent bitmap canvas, which is useful for rendering graphs, game graphics, or other visual images on the fly; native support for scalable vector graphics (SVG) and math (MathML); annotations important for East Asian typography (Ruby); features to enable accessibility of rich applications; and much more.
In theory, at least, the audio, video and graphics canvas capabilities of HTML5-plus-JavaScript should be the final nail in the coffin of Java in your browser.
Indeed, HTML5 ought also to be the beginning of the end of Flash, too; if you still have Flash installed in your browser, you might want to try uninstalling it and seeing whether you can live without it.
Given that HTML5 is part of your browser anyway, with any security risks that might imply, getting rid of browser Java and Flash altogether just means two fewer products to update, and two fewer fruitful sources of vulnerabilities that crooks love to exploit.
The W3C admits in its release that "HTML5 has been in use for years," not least because an official definition was published nearly two years ago.
However, the W3C also points out that the new Recommendation now includes a series of tests that can help developers stick to a truly cross-platform standard, as well as commitments to royalty-free licensing for many of the technologies embraced by HTM5.
Indeed, the latest Recommendation is touted as the way to achieve:
[T]he "write once, deploy anywhere" promise of HTML5 and the Open Web platform.
Full Article
