Why Use HTML5 rather than Adobe Flash?

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What made HTML5 a popular alternative to the use of Adobe Flash for mobile devices? According to a number of web experts, ever since the development and introduction of HTML5 in web development, the use of Adobe Flash had become scarce. The reason why is because of the advent of mobile internet in which many people today have used their mobile devices as means to access the World Wide Web.

Why Use HTML5 rather than Adobe Flash? One of the many reasons why HTML5 became a perfect alternative to the use of Adobe Flash is because HTML5 now has the capability to embed videos without having to use Adobe Flash, which is an advantage for mobile devices.

According to many web experts, HTML5 have added a number of new syntactical features, including the video tag which can now be used to embed videos in a website.

The advantage of using HTML5 for embedding videos compared to the use of Adobe Flash is that HTML5 uses lesser bandwidth as well as CPU usage.

Some users – especially those on Mac OS X and Linux – have complained about the relatively high CPU usage of Flash for video playback. This was partially because the Flash plugin did not use the GPU to render video.

As for animations, HTML5 also uses lesser bandwidth compared to the use of Adobe Flash, though it will still require the use of either JavaScript or CSS 3 is necessary for animating HTML elements. Animation using JavaScript is also possible with HTML 4.

For mobile devices, HTML5 had completely replaced the use of Adobe Flash. This was particularly when the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, had encourage the use of HTML5 compared to the use of Adobe Flash through a public letter titled "Thoughts on Flash" where he concludes that Adobe "Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of web content" and that "new open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win."