Html5 Vs. Flash

Web War: HTML5 vs. Flash

Term Paper

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Vinod Gupta School of Management
IIT Kharagpur

Submitted in partial fulfillment for the Management Information Systems (BM61014) Course at Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur

Submitted to: Submitted by:

Prof.Prithwis Mukerjee Kanishka Chakraborty

10BM60036

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1. Abstract---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3

2. Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33. What is HTML5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4

i. History--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4

ii. New Features------------------------------------------------------------------ 6

4. PresentSituation---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

5. Why HTML5 scores higher--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

6. Roadblocks to overcome----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11

7. Future of Web--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13

8.References------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14

Abstract

With the introduction of HTML5, a buzz has been created regarding the future of Web. The major casualties of this new addition to the lineup of HTML will be Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight. HTML5 introduces quite a lot of elements and attributes addressing the needs of the modernwebsites. Both HTML5 and Flash are used to support and display media and create interactivity on the web. Opera, Mozilla and Google have given HTML5 their support as the standard for interactivity. But many big players on the web, such as Hulu, still use Flash. In the light of this, the competition is going to be a fierce one and this paper discusses some aspects of this on-going Web war.Introduction

First let’s discuss what Hypertext markup language (HTML) is. Basically it’s the code at the back of every website on the Internet. It is made up of words (a series of it) and values, all of which have been assigned specific meanings and tasks. Each of the word and value are tied together with specific syntax. HTML is written in form of tags started and ended by angle brackets and arepresent within the webpage. What a browser does is, it reads these tags, interprets them and then display according to its interpretation.

So what is HTML5? HTML5 is the latest version of HTML. It is a standard for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. It comes with a lot of new features such as video playback and drag & drop which were not there in any of its predecessor.HTML5 consolidates many such tools, and thus eliminates the need for any other third party add-ins.

According to Bruce Lawson, Web evangelist for Opera Software and author of "Introducing HTML5", “HTML5 replaces the fragile ecosystem of JavaScript, HTML, plug-ins and undocumented de facto standards with a rigorously specified standard,"[i].

What is HTML5?

HTML5, the latest in the HTMLgeneration, has arrived with a lot of new features which have never been an integral part of HTML. Some of the most interesting features of HTML5 are as follows:-

• You can build an application once and apply it to both desktop and mobile devices. HTML5 promises to bridge the gap between browsers and mobile operating system

• HTML5 offers significant cost savings. The developers...