- It's an open standard, hence there are multiple vendors to compete, which means it's good for the customer.
- It's a cross device platform – it works on desktops, laptops, netbooks, phones, tablets, TVs, and others.
- It also works across operating systems: Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Ubuntu and other Linux flavors.
- Many browsers already support HTML5 including Chrome, Chromium Firefox, Opera, Android browser and IE will also support it.
- Chrome and Chromium are based on Webkit, which is open source and can be embedded into devices.
- Standardisation also refers to a standard user interface across devices. Many design experts find that Flash-based sites have user interfaces that are very different when compared to traditional browsers. With HTML5 while the interface can still be cool and funky, it need not look very different that a web based application.
Direct support for video
HTML5 has tags for running videos within the browser without the need for Flash or other plugins. This improves video integration and performance. However, your browser needs to support video playback codecs. You can test if your browser supports this by going to http://www.youtube.com/html5. Go to the bottom of the page and click on Join the HTML5 Trial. Now you can see YouTube in HTML5 without using any Flash plugin.
With HTML5, you can also create 2D graphics and drawings. Effectively, using your browser you can draw an image. HTML5 implements vector graphics instead of raster. An advantage of using vector graphics is that the file sizes are smaller as compared to raster graphics (GIF, JPG).