The internet may seem to be an endless abundance of images, of text and of design, that is seemingly in place by chance and is constantly evolving and expanding, providing surfers of the web (as they were once, somewhat primitively, described) even more websites to venture. But, the truth of the situation is, the internet is constructed, much like anything in the tangible world of reality and constructed of something akin to virtual building blocks. HTML is what comprises these websites and the most contemporary iteration of this is HTML5.

HTML5 is a new html coding system that was introduced into the mainstream of html coding in April of 2010, after having long been in production and utilisation by industry insiders for years before. The symbol for the representation of HTML5 is a block type lettering of HTML above a red shield, in which is featured the number ‘5’. This symbol indicates that HTML5 is indeed being utilised upon a website, mainly a feature integral for industry insiders as opposed to casual website browsers.

The features that are utilised within HTML5 coding and that makes it different to its predecessors is, obviously, its technological advancements in allowing the inclusion of many syntactical features (of the syntax of the coding system). These features include the inclusion of video, audio, header and canvas elements into coding and allow the easy integration of these, largely visual and hi-tech, elements into classic and basic HTML coding.

The coding uses of HTML5 is used alongside the creation of many new websites, namely ones that prove interactive, engaging and informative. A number of new elements introduced with HTML5 are also utilised in order to help improve the informative content of websites, so, when utilised together, HTML5 allows better information presented in more creative and eye catching ways.

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