- Vectorial graphics with canvas
- Built-in video and audio players
- Standard HTML editing
- Drag and drop, copy and paste
- Session and local storage
- Know exactly where you are with GeoLocation
- Running heavy tasks on the browser using Web workers

More features to be added to HTML 5

- Responsive browser-server communication with Web sockets
- 3D graphics rendering engine
- Webcam and microphone access
- Better file uploading

Conclusions

- HTML 5 will lead to bloated browsers
- Neverending HTML 5 specification
- Internet Explorer HTML 5 adoption
- Will HTML 5 kill Flash, Silverlight and Java?

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