How HTML5 Will Change A Journalist's Desktop

 

As a journalist you probably won't have to care about programming. But from time to time it is necessary to get at least an idea of the impact of a technological development. HTML5 will have impact on how journalists might work tomorrow.

How will HTML5 enrich the user experience?

Think of a scenario where you're on the road and you have to complete an article. No Internet cafe is around the corner to upload your latest changes. Google Gears is an existing technology to use in this case. Gears is an extension for both Firefox and Internet Explorer that allows to navigate on websites offline. It eases synchronization when going back. Such extensions were called plug-ins if they add additional functionality to an existing software solution, e.g. a browser.

HTML5 makes it even easier to browse and work offline, but without an installation of a plug-in like Gears. It will use storage on your computer to save your article for later upload or synchronization with your blog.

HTML5 also supports geolocation. Maybe you like to use the GPS based location information from your mobile device to tailor search results, tag your Twitter updates or Twitpic uploads from a reportage, and more. If HTML5 will be the language standard of Safari on your iPhone you won't even need iPhone Apps to set up nice user interfaces for your readers to browse your articles online.

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