Even though I loved all the contributions that Steve Jobs made to the world, I still think that he should have offered Flash on the IPad. I did get to explore HTML5 a little bit recently and I do like it as far as its ease of use. However, the problem remains that it only runs on the lastest browsers, and unless your users are very tech savvy and upgrade their browsers, they’re not going to be able to appreciate it. Internet Explorer version 9 will run it, along with the latest versions of Firefox and Safari. Firefox will only accept .ogg files as opposed to .mp3 files and so on.
Here’s the thing: unless all browsers will come to realize we need technology that’s backward compatable along with browsers meeting the same standards, it will take a while for HTML5 to completely catch on. I do see the advantages it has over Flash, but it will still take time for the rest of the world to catch up.
