HTML 5 Specification
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HTML, the mark up language of the web has its own history of woes and victories. On one hand, its remarkable on how the technology and the related technologies around it have been able to deliver on the growing demands on the Web front. On the other hand lies the problem of incorporating standards that are acceptable to all the stakeholders in the browser space.
Already, users of IE and Mozilla FireFox may have heard about several features that the browsers handle differently. While web programmers usually factor in the requirements for compatibility with all browsers, the problems arise when more compleities arise in designing standards for the Web.
Recently Mozilla and Opera announced their supports for special tags in HTML to handle video for codecs that are recognized by the browser. However, Microsoft has not made any such commitment. And obviously so because the decision would allow users to generate and distribute video in open source codecs such as Ogg Theora and play them using open source players such as VLC.
At the same time, specifications for HTML 5.0 are in the works. The new spec addresses issues of complexity in incorporating media rich content and simplifies the use of these along with several common APIs. But there are sceptics too. Any standard can be a success only if uniformly implemented by all the stakeholders.
With Microsoft backing its Silverlight technology and also with its Media Player, and Adobe working on its Flash player, it is hard to see all the vendors alligning to any standard that may put their product in the line of fire.
The HTML 5.0 spec is expected to only go mainstream in 10 - 15 years. Not a long time if you consider the evolution of the Web standards.
Already, users of IE and Mozilla FireFox may have heard about several features that the browsers handle differently. While web programmers usually factor in the requirements for compatibility with all browsers, the problems arise when more compleities arise in designing standards for the Web.
Recently Mozilla and Opera announced their supports for special tags in HTML to handle video for codecs that are recognized by the browser. However, Microsoft has not made any such commitment. And obviously so because the decision would allow users to generate and distribute video in open source codecs such as Ogg Theora and play them using open source players such as VLC.
At the same time, specifications for HTML 5.0 are in the works. The new spec addresses issues of complexity in incorporating media rich content and simplifies the use of these along with several common APIs. But there are sceptics too. Any standard can be a success only if uniformly implemented by all the stakeholders.
With Microsoft backing its Silverlight technology and also with its Media Player, and Adobe working on its Flash player, it is hard to see all the vendors alligning to any standard that may put their product in the line of fire.
The HTML 5.0 spec is expected to only go mainstream in 10 - 15 years. Not a long time if you consider the evolution of the Web standards.
