What is HTML5, and why is it important?

While  creating a website, it is important to know what you can do to help users get a better user experience while using it. Web designers use different languages to  design the web, each of which has its capabilities, among which we can mention HTML, and the complete type is HTML5, which we will discuss in the following.

Web designers should master this language because it is so important for web design, and the use of this technology has led to  the development of the web  these days.

What is HTML?

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language, which is a language that is often used in the design of web pages, and, in this language, all the code is converted to HTML and displayed by the browser.

What is HTML5?

HTML5  is the latest version of HTML that can provide many capabilities, including the ability to run images, audio, and video files that can effectively attract different users to the site. As a result, it can  increase the traffic to the website, and this version can create very high graphics for websites.

The advantage of this version compared to HTML4 is that by using this version, you can ensure that the content that you intend to provide is presented correctly on different devices. With the help of this version, this possibility is provided without the need for additional plugins, and you can provide videos and other features to the customer and reach your main goal as a web owner, which causes gaining more customers who will introduce your website to their friends. As a result, the number of customers will increase day by day, so you can achieve more success with the help of HTML5.

Why is it important?

You may not use HTML5 yet, but you should know that this version is so important for many reasons, some of which will be mentioned below to conclude that you need to use it and  improve the ranking of your site.

- Users can gain a better user experience by increasing ease of access. Using this version allows different users to easily access all the site's content and ultimately gain a better experience. When different users can visit different parts of the website easily, the probability of introducing the site to others will increase, as a result of which, the number of visitors will also  increase and the website will get a better ranking.

- One of the features that make this version recommended to all site owners is that this version can support different images and audio. To do this, you need to enter the code, which is going to be mentioned in the following:

HTML5 code allows you to enter very good descriptive code.

You can use this language to enter clean codes and create clean titles.

- This version has a lot of great APIs that allow you to create much more interaction with users and create a very functional and attractive web for the user.

- Mobile browsers have fully accepted HTML5, and because its popularity is increasing among different users, day by day, the use of this version is increasing at the same time because this version is one of the best languages through which sites and  mobile applications  can be developed, in general, you can easily trust the latest HTML version to  develop applications on mobile devices  and enjoy using the developed versions.

- This version can be very useful for virtual tutorials and can provide many features for users, the most important of which is to provide various videos as well as animations, etc., and each of these items can provide better training to users; another point about this version is that it can make it possible for virtual course users to use training files even when they are offline, and to achieve this goal it is necessary to use data storage applications in offline mode, and they also support these applications.

- This version has local storage capability, which can have a huge impact on the level of security as well as its performance, this version can allow you to view and save web applications without third-party plugins, which is very important for different users, and you can also be aware of the features that this version which can provide a better user experience while using the web.

- Games have a lot of fans, and the number of fans of different games is increasing day by day, so considering this issue, any issue related to games is very important; it should be said that, by using the HTML5's tag, you can  develop games  and ultimately multiply the fun of playing it.

What are the general benefits of HTML5?

In general, with the introduction of this version to users, a huge improvement was made on the Internet. It became possible for website owners to play audio and video files directly in a web browser without plugins which is one of its important advantages.

Another advantage that this version provides is that it increases the battery life, and users can use their laptops or mobile phone for a long time. It should be noted that the most important effect of this version is to improve the user experience, which is one of the important factors in SEO (  search engine optimization  ) and can lead a site to  a high ranking in the search engine results page, which can increase the number of visitors who are attracted to a website.

It should be noted that there is no need to state all these reasons to encourage you to use it, in other words, if you have not tried it yet. You are afraid of its complexity, you should know that if you specialize in HTML, you know HTML5 as well, so there is no need to worry. You just have to start by writing clean code to provide a positive user experience for your website users so that you can finally achieve success.

The relationship between HTML5 and learning:

As you know, with the introduction of this version, a huge change in online learning took place. Due to the facilities that this version can provide, such as providing videos, audio files, etc., more and more users realized that instead of spending a long time to reach different classes, they could learn all the topics by pressing one button and sharing them with their friends so that online learning is much easier because they can save time and energy so that it has lots of advantages.

This issue is especially more valuable these days due to dealing with the COVID-19 virus. As you know, these days, users are using the advantages of the Internet to improve their knowledge more than before. For instance, students should study online, and people also prefer online courses to face-to-face classes.

Last word:

In general, HTML5 has created a huge change in the world of the Internet, among which we can point out that due to the increasing use of mobile phones by different users, this version allows the user to use a web page in different devices and get a positive experience while using it, apart from this, there are other benefits for users and web owners by providing this version, some of which have been mentioned in this article so that if you are not already using  HTML5, you should try it as soon as possible and enjoy the many benefits it can provide.