Chapter 3
Audio, Video, and More HTML5
Media playing is very important on the Web. Prior to HTML5, there was no standard way to deploy audio or video in a webpage. Users need to install plug-ins to play different media. It was hard to get media to play correctly on different browsers.
HTML5 changes the situation by introducing the elements audio and video. Now we have an easy way to place standard sound and video in webpages that will work on all platforms. We use working examples to illustrate these new media elements. Explained also is how to use nonstandard media files such as Java applets and Adobe Flash through the object or embed element.
HTML tables are useful for organizing information in tabular form. The many aspects of table formatting ...
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