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title: HTML 5 Differences From HTML 4
date: 2008-01-23 10:47:23
modified: 2008-06-24 18:16:03
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2008/01/23/html-5-differences-from-html-4/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - Web
tags:
  - HTML
---

The first major update to HTML in 10 years. HTML 4 was back in December 1997. I am really looking forward to this update.

> HTML 5 is designed to reflect this, with APIs for drawing two-dimensional graphics, embedding and controlling multimedia, managing client-side data storage and editing parts of documents. Turning to more bread-and-butter stuff, HTML 5 will also make it easier to represent familiar page elements.
> 
> HTML 5 is designed to inject more consistency into the ways vendors and end users have gone about building today’s generation of sites. According to the W3C, HTML 5 will: “Improve interoperability and reduce software costs by giving precise rules not only about how to handle all correct HTML documents but also how to recover errors.”

Source: [Major HTML update unveiled](http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/01/22/html_five_preview/)

And now for the juicy part, here are some new elements that will be available:

- dialog
- figure
- audio
- video
- m
- meter
- time
- datagrid
- datalist
- progress

Full List: [HTML 5 Differences From HTML 4](http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-diff-20080122/)