Three HTML5 animation tools: Adobe Edge, Sencha Animator, Tumult Hype

The promise of HTML5, the latest revision of the HTML standard , is a simple one: With greater integration between static HTML and dynamic programming code (such as CSS3 or JavaScript), Web pages can become much more interactive and responsive to user preferences, without the need for plug-ins or memory-hogging multimedia files.

HTML5 represents a significant move forward in Web development because it can provide those features by using the client system's browser , processor and memory to handle most of the heavy lifting. Previously, the limitations of older browsers and prior versions of HTML meant that either the server would have to do much of the processing, or the browser would need a plug-in or add-on to access the dynamic content.

Now, working directly within the browser without the need for plug-ins greatly decreases the amount of time needed to download an interactive page and increases the page's response speed. All that's needed are a few ASCII-based files in HTML5 format and whatever artwork that the page requires.

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