Since yesterday, Apple has on its official website a section dedicated to HTML5 where it presents the ways in which it can be used to play media content on the web, each sub-section providing details for developers but also an invitation to join Apple's developer program to learn how to use this new standard with Safari .
Although Apple is trying to promote this new open source standard, HTML5, the content of each section dedicated to HTML5 can be viewed exclusively using the Safari browser, so if you use Firefox or Google Chrome to browse the Internet, you will not be able to see the way it has chosen Apple to use HTML5 in its demonstrations. To be honest, I don't really understand how Apple is trying to "liberate" the web by implementing this standard if it forbids those with browsers other than Safari to view that content.
Every new Apple mobile device and every new Mac — along with the latest version of Apple's Safari Web browser — supports Web standards including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. These Web standards are open, reliable, highly secure, and efficient. They allow Web designers and developers to create advanced graphics, typography, animations, and transitions.
Not all browsers offer this support. But soon other modern browsers will take advantage of these same Web standards – and the amazing things they enable Web designers to do.
Unfortunately, HTML5 is still far from being a widely used standard, but I'm sure that Apple will insist on promoting it for a long time from now.
