HTML 5
NEWS / Thursday 19 May 2011
HTML 5 is an upcoming technology which your site could benefit from. The benefits range from sleeker designs to localised results with geo-location and desktop popups to keep your users with relevant up to date information. Adding HTML 5 will make your site more intuitive to use. So how can you have HTML 5 implemented into your site?
Adding geo-location to your search could make the results much more relevant to your users. If your users are searching for jobs for example, the nearest tends to be the most applicable. Using geo-location will speed up the users search, making it much more accessible and enjoyable to use your site.
If your site requires you to upload or download files you will know how monotonous it is to upload all the relevant documents and find the ones you have downloaded. HTML 5 allows you to drag and drop your files directly from your computer into the browser. Those four documents for that job advertisement? No problem! Drag, drop, click done!
With the mobile market being driven by smart and touch phones, having a mobile site is an advantage to any business. With HTML 5’s device orientation, mobile sites can be designed to change with the user’s current orientation to keep the site accessible and the important information where it should be. Additionally, HTML 5 brings additional input fields to improve usability on mobiles such as number, email and telephone types. These inputs will show the appropriate keyboard for the content type (e.g. a dial pad for telephone input) allowing the user to input their information quickly and effortlessly.