Is HTML5 the future of webpages? Apple seems to think so. Since they are pinning all there hopes on it, since a dispute with Adobe made all apple mobile products non-flash compliant. Unlike the droids and other things. I decided to look up HTML5 in general. It does some interesting things. Without the need for Flash or MySQL. Although some features allow access to MySQL. Most of which is already supported by the mainstream browsers.

Personally the Canvas API is by far one of my favorite things about HTML5 so far. What was basically an Apple invention its been adapted for webpage design. Basically allowing you to script 2d images. But with enough work you can basically build games. Course that takes alittle more work.

Basically the rest of HTML5 is file manipulation. Among other things. Do I think this is the future? Not really, it doesn't even come close to current API's and Flash. Browsers still have issues with it, causing crashes and slowdowns. Course that well be worked out in time. But the features of HTML5 while impressive are in no way a replacement for Flash like Apple is hoping.

Sadly unlike most of HTML and CSS I don't think HTML5 is something someone can pickup just by having a look around. It takes alittle more effort to learn it. Granted there well be some that have no issues with it, but I think its going to a seriously low percent unlike HTML and CSS.

As it stands no one web browser supports all of HTML5 as of yet. Closest seem to be Firefox and Opera. Once Firefox fully supports HTML5's websocket API I well deeply get involved in HTML5 besides that its not worth the time yet.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5
http://html5demos.com/