HTML 5 is packed with loads of cool and useful new features, but in case you don't believe that, you can watch the following Google Code Challenge video which briefs you on the following HTML 5 new features, which, by the time of writing this post, are supported by most popular browsers:

  • Web vector graphics with the Canvas tag and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
  • The Geolocation API
  • HTML 5 Video
  • The HTML 5 Database and Application Cache
  • Web workers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siOHh0uzcuY

LE: I can't help to think of how good news is this for vulnerability researchers or black-hats...so many new vectors of attack and fuzzing points. The game will never end. :)