eWeek (10/28/14) Chris Preimesberger
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) marked the 20th anniversary of HTML at its week-long annual conference at the Computer History Museum this month, recognizing the history and influence of the Internet markup language and publishing its official recommendations for HTML5, its fifth major revision. HTML5 spent seven years in development and already is widely used. It offers many new features that make it very attractive to developers in the era of Internet-connected devices of all sizes. Its built-in capabilities make it a powerhouse for audio/visual media, including computer games, as well as science and mathematics. "Today we think nothing of watching video and audio natively in the browser, and nothing of running a browser on a phone," said W3C director Sir Tim Berners-Lee. "Though they remain invisible to most users, HTML5 and the Open Web Platform are driving these growing user experiences." Although HTML5 already is supported on most devices and used by a large percentage of developers, W3C HTML Working Group co-chair Paul Cotton of Microsoft says the format will continue to grow. In particular, he expects to see developers fork the code into their own version, "and start to innovate on that kind of platform going forward."
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) marked the 20th anniversary of HTML at its week-long annual conference at the Computer History Museum this month, recognizing the history and influence of the Internet markup language and publishing its official recommendations for HTML5, its fifth major revision. HTML5 spent seven years in development and already is widely used. It offers many new features that make it very attractive to developers in the era of Internet-connected devices of all sizes. Its built-in capabilities make it a powerhouse for audio/visual media, including computer games, as well as science and mathematics. "Today we think nothing of watching video and audio natively in the browser, and nothing of running a browser on a phone," said W3C director Sir Tim Berners-Lee. "Though they remain invisible to most users, HTML5 and the Open Web Platform are driving these growing user experiences." Although HTML5 already is supported on most devices and used by a large percentage of developers, W3C HTML Working Group co-chair Paul Cotton of Microsoft says the format will continue to grow. In particular, he expects to see developers fork the code into their own version, "and start to innovate on that kind of platform going forward."
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