HTML 6 Is Releasing: What Are The New Tags and Features In HTML6?

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language used for creating webpages. HTML is consists of Tags and Elements like <h1> <img> <span> <audio> <table> <video> etc. These tags describes the structure of the webpages and tell the browser how to display the content.

Overview of HTML5

HTML5 was released on October 28th of 2014 and we got so many exciting features in it. It helped developers so much in organizing their structure in relevant manner using new tags like <header> <footer> <aside> <section> etc and we got so many other features such as:

1. Canvas2D
2. Drag and Drop
3. File API
4. Geolocation
5. Microdata
6. Offline Applications
7. Audio/Video Support
8. SVG
9. Local Storage

New features in HTML6

Here is a list of features that will be introduced in HTML6.

1. Express Tags

In HTML6 developers are able to organize their structure in very proper manner. It was a like a dream for many developers that they can ever assign a logo like this but now in HTML6 they can assign a logo in <logo></logo> tag and for copyright text simply use <copyright></copyright>. Instead of writing <div class="container"></div>, you can simple write <container></container>.

2. Camera Incorporated

The camera is an important part of any mobile or tablet device. With the help of HTML6 we can access the videos and images in a variety of ways. It will also provide improved camera management and capture rate. Another interesting option is to easily create panoramic images.

3. Good Control over the Video Object

HTML6 will provide another good feature in the newer version, which is more control over the video object, this will feature that how the video frames are displayed on a page. This feature will definitely improve the experience of the video.

4. Smarter Menus/Dialog

Some web applications allow users to perform groups of actions within their interface. These would affect the current page in some form, such as adding an item to a list.

Previously these would be marked up as a

– an unordered list of actions a user could take. While the
• is intended for a list of display items, it is not best suited to interactive elements.