Every once in a while, the developer’s world becomes a playground, and on this occasion HTML 5 is leading us to the swing sets. HTML 5 successfully blurs the line between work and play. Wouldn’t you want to play videogames on your browser without needing to download anything? Well, both developers and the average Joe agree with you.
As indicated by previous Chitika Insights research, HTML5 has spread like wildfire throughout the online world. Chitika Insights wanted to determine which browsers were seeing the largest migration toward HTML5 supported versions. In order to analyze the success of HTML5 across browser platforms, Chitika Insights selected some of the most exciting new features in HTML 5 to test their compatibility on mainstream browsers by taking a sample of hundreds of millions of impressions from Chitika network data. Our picks included; Canvas, Geolocation, WebGL, Audio and Video features.
The Web Graphics Library (WebGL), Canvas, Audio and Video elements aim to allow more dynamic 2D images and 3D videos, as well as audio played on the browser without the need to download Flash, Shockwave or other plug-ins. In the future proposed by HTML5, you could play a video game on one tab of any compatible browser and stream movies without any video plug-ins, all while checking your email on a third tab.
We found that Safari leads the market in rate of adoption; with 99.20% of users on HTML 5 supported versions. Internet Explorer lags the field, with only 21% of its users on versions supporting any of the HTML 5 features. Firefox and Chrome are in the middle of the pack in terms of HTML5 compatible version’s being used.
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| WebGL | 21.33% | 68.32% | 77.58% | 99.20% |
| Video | 21.33% | 68.32% | 77.58% | 99.20% |
| Audio | 21.33% | 93.07% | 77.58% | 99.20% |
| Geolocation | 21.33% | 93.07% | 77.58% | 99.20% |
| Canvas | 21.33% | 93.07% | 77.58% | 99.20% |
Based on a sample of web traffic, October 2011
Safari likely leads this field since HTML5 moves away from Flash technology, which the late Steve Jobs has chastised on numerous occasions. Firefox and Chrome likely see a reasonably high percentage of HTML5 use due to the embedded auto-update feature contained in both browsers. Internet Explorer’s user base has a larger spread over different browser versions and operating systems, which likely impacts the percent of its market which supports HTML5.
Chime in with your comments on HTML5. Have you reaped any of HTML5’s the benefits? What do you think of the future for Adobe’s Flash and other plug-ins that HTML5 could possibly replace?
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