A Stronger Platform for Web Development

A lot of the new features of HTML center on creating a better platform for web-based applications. From more descriptive tags and better cross-site and cross-window communication to animations and improved multimedia support, developers using HTML5 have a lot of new tools to build better user experiences.

Backward Compatibility

One of the best reasons for you to embrace HTML5 today is that it works in most existing browsers. Right now, even in Internet Explorer 6, you can start using HTML5 and slowly transition your markup. It’ll even validate with the W3C’s validation service (conditionally, of course, because the standards are still evolving).

If you’ve worked with HTML or XML, you’ve come across the doctype ...

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