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I was wondering if it it too early to use HTML5 for a production site. Should I rather wait 6-12 months until users have updated to compatible html5 browsers? This leads me to, how far back does the browsers support HTML5?
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HTML5 allows you to build offline applications. Browsers that support HTML5 offline applications (which is most) will download the HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, and other resources that make up the application and cache them locally.
If you want to remain compatible with most people's browsers, HTML5 is the way to go. While older versions of HTML do work well on browsers like Internet Explorer, these outdated versions are no longer supported or used by a majority of users.
HTML5 is more complete and easier than HTML4, it has lots of new tags like <header>, <footer>, <navy>, <Audio>, <video>, <main> etc. It also supports graphics. In the following image, we have described all the essential terms related to HTML and HTML5.
HTML5 provides more flexible storage options. HTML used the concept of cookies to store temporary data, but HTML5 is capable of using a user-side database like SQL. It also allows the user to view previously visited page data in offline mode. HTML5 eliminates the need to write multiple codes for multiple platforms.
If everyone waits for others to start using, no-one will ever use it.
Why not help lead the way? Just stick to browser-supported features and help educate your users about updating their browser.
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