New HTML5 Elements

The most interesting new elements are:

• New semantic elements such as <header>, <footer>, <article>, and <section>
• New form control attributes such as number, date, time, calendar, and range
• New graphic elements such as <svg> and <canvas>
• New multimedia elements such as <audio> and <video>

New HTML5 API's

The most interesting new Application Programming Interfaces (API) are:

• HTML Geolocation
• HTML Drag and Drop
• HTML Local Storage
• HTML Application Cache
• HTML Web Workers
• HTML SSE

Local storage is a powerful replacement for cookies.