HTML4 vs. HTML5
What's the difference
History of HTML
Began in an unlikely place a European laboratory in Geneva Switzerland.Tim Berners-Lee
The inventor of the world wide web was working at CERN when he developed the concept for HTML.Tim's prototype browser on the NeXT computer was released in 1990
HTML 4
The first version to include cascading style sheets .Launched in April of 1998 HTML 4 ensures that designers have a greater ability to develop more complex web sites.
HTML 5
The fifth revision of HTML since the World Wide Web was released.It was developed to solve compatibility problems that affected the current HTML 4
The Difference Between HTML 4 vs HTML 5
The major difference between HTML 4 and HTML 5 is that HTML 5 provides a common interface that makes things easier to load while previous versions required Propriety plug-ins and API's
Why HTML 5 ?
Web developers wanted a easier way to code and make it more logical.The new version was released in 2008 and it's creator says it will never be complete.
New Elements
- <details>
- <aside>
- <dialog>
- etc
New Attributes
- Auto-complete
- Auto focus
- Auto Form
In HTML 4 but not HTML5
- center
- font
- frame
- dir