而到了2015年，随着越来越多的公司选择“移动优先”策略，HTML5也因此引领潮流，开始为众多网络体验丰富的企业级软件保驾护航。

HTML5的威力逐渐明朗起来。在2012年，互联网行业颇具影响力的Facebook CEO马克·扎克伯格曾对 HTML5大加批评；但只过了3年，他就改变了看法，开始将HTML5技术整合进Facebook的新鲜事订阅当中。

目前，有三股潮流趋势推动着行业向在线应用和HTML5转变：

1、技术创新，最终是顺时而行

业界向HTML5的转变，不仅仅是因为这门编程语言本身的连贯表现和功能创新，还要归功于运行网络应用的浏览器的大幅度改进。仅仅几年，浏览器的运行和响应速度就有了显著提升。曾经的浏览器王者——微软 Internet Explorer（IE）风光不再，以谷歌Chrome浏览器为代表的后起之秀开始为我们提供一种更快、更高效的浏览体验。HTML5凭借丰富的多媒体兼容性赢得了众多开发者的青睐——只需要借助浏览器的基础功能，用户就能运行网络应用，从此不再需要下载和安装特定插件。

在这个技术创新的十字路口，HTML5不仅赢得了开发者青睐，还成为众多企业的迫切需求。

2、商业公司需要它

商业公司常常面临着巨大压力：它们需要将其复杂先进的网络端和移动端应用推广给顾客；但与此同时，顾客希望这些应用能够兼容多项设备，包括桌面电脑、平板电脑和智能手机。而且不仅是客户对此期望渐升，行业趋势也开始向该方向转变。为了适应行业需求，企业开始关注那些能满足消费者跨平台需求的技术，以期在现在和未来掌握主动。

HTML5 “一次开发，多处兼容”的特性，使得企业能以最小的开发成本，设计、创造和管理更加先进也更加复杂的应用，并且横跨多种平台和设备。

3、开发者离不开它

即使当前的数字开发环境变得越来越复杂和先进，开发团队仍面临着提升应用运行速度的难题。调研机构StrategyAnalytics在最近的一次调查中，询问了移动应用开发者的使用偏好和他们对于应用开发的态度。研究者发现，上述难题也是开发者选择HTML5的主要原因。此外他们还发现，在所有开发原生和网络应用的技术中，20%的受访者认为HTML5将迎来强劲增长，还有63%的企业应用是通过HTML5开发而来。

对于开发者而言，HTML5的关键吸引力在于其开放的标准支持，这有助于他们为碎片化的移动设备、不同的屏幕尺寸、差异化的平台和操作系统开发应用。开发者们可以使用HTML5创建和呈现不依赖于操作系统或设备的富内容，这不失是原生应用的不错替代。

如果可以选择，开发者们都更倾向于选择支持跨平台特性的编程语言——这样既能保证不同尺寸屏幕上的用户体验质量，也能够让他们在不同雇主和不同发开需求前保证自己的竞争力。

在这个技术创新的十字路口，HTML5不仅赢得了开发者青睐，还成为众多企业的迫切需求。

明年，相信HTML5将会更加普及。因为越来越多的企业开始放弃使用Internet Explorer，在工作中转而使用Chrome和Firefox——后两者对HTML5都有着更好支持。并且随着Windows 10的采用率增长，其搭载的Microsoft Edge浏览器也将为企业用户更好地享受HTML5带去便利。

本文作者Shikhir Singh，文章来源：TechCrunch

英文原文

Todaymarks the one-year anniversary of theWorld WideWeb Consortium (W3C) declaring the HTML5 standard complete, asignificant milestone in the history of the Internet and web application development.In this past year, HTML5 adoption has gone into overdrive, with more and morecompanies moving to HTML5 to deliver rich cross-platform web applications. Themost recent examples include Amazon, Facebook, Google and YouTube, whichtransitioned from Adobe’s Flash to HTML5. Why is that? And why now?

For years,millions of developers have standardized their application development on HTML5to meet business demand for a seamless and superior user experience across alldevices and screens. But in 2015, HTML5 has really emerged as a reliable anduniversal choice for building enterprise-class software that companies can useto deliver rich, web experiences, as they continue to move toward amobile-first strategy.

The power of HTML5has been clear for a long time. In 2012, industry influencer MarkZuckerberg gave it flack, only to change his story three yearslater, adopting HTML5 technology to beef up Facebook’s news feed (see our demoin this side-by-side comparison).

There are threeconcurrent industry trends driving this shift toward web application adoptionand HTML5 development…

TechnicalInnovation Is, Finally, Catching Up

The transition toHTML5 is powered not only by the continuous performance and feature innovationin the programming language itself, but also by the improvements in modernbrowsers in which web apps run. Browsers are now significantly faster than justa few years ago. Once dominated by Microsoft Internet Explorer, browsers suchas Google Chrome are forcing the market to develop faster and more efficientsolutions. With the fading of Flash, HTML5’s rich multimedia capabilities arecapturing developer’s attention as they can perform tasks within the browser’sbasic functionality — features that in the past required users to download andinstall plug-ins.

In this perfectintersection of technical innovation, developer preference and enterprise need,I’m both hopeful and excited about what HTML5 will enable in the years ahead.

Another technicalinnovation driving the adoption of HTML5 is the processing performance ofmobile devices, like Samsung’s smartphones that have an impressive 8-coreprocessor.

These technicaladvancements are harnessing the power and ubiquity of HTML5, making it theemerging standard in the enterprise.

Businesses CraveIt

Organizations areunder immense pressure to deliver highly sophisticated web and mobileapplications to their customers. At the same time, customers expect to accessthese applications on a wide range of devices, including desktops, tablets andsmartphones. Not only are customer expectations rapidly increasing, but so isthe rate of change. To keep pace with industry demands, enterprises areinvesting in technologies that help them meet their customers’ cross-platformweb and mobile application needs, both now and in the future.

With its writeonce, deploy anywhere capabilities, HTML5 empowers companies to design,build and manage apps with greater sophistication and complexity across multipleplatforms and devices in the same amount of time.

Developers Won’tLive Without It

Even as thedigital environment gains complexity and sophistication, development teamsremain under constant pressure to deliver complex apps, faster. That’s why theyare opting for HTML5, as illustrated by a recent Strategy Analytics survey onmobile application developers’ preferences and attitudes toward appdevelopment. Researchers found that out of all the technologies for buildingnative or web apps, HTML5 showed the strongest predicted growth at 20 percent,with 63 percent of all business apps being created in HTML5.

For developers,one key attraction to HTML5 is its open standards support, which helps themdeliver on application requirements in the face of fragmented mobile devices,form factors, platforms and operating systems. Developers can use HTML5 tocreate and present rich content without relying on the device or its operatingsystem, making it a preferred alternative to native.

If given thechoice, developers have always preferred coding in a language that translatesacross platforms — both to ensure a quality user experience on multiplescreen sizes and to maintain a skill set that’s applicable for differentemployers and development requirements. Web app development will continue toaccelerate as JavaScript programmers move to HTML5.

Looking Ahead:HTML5 In 2016 And Beyond

As someone who hasspent years on the front line with development teams, I am thoroughly impressedby HTML5 and the revolutionizing force it has had on mobile app development. Inthis perfect intersection of technical innovation, developer preference andenterprise need, I’m both hopeful and excited about what HTML5 will enable inthe years ahead.

In the next year,I believe that adoption of HTML5 will grow as enterprises begin to modernizetheir legacy mandated use of Internet Explorer, allowing employees to also useChrome or Firefox browsers at work — both of which have superior HTML5support. And down the road, as adoption for Windows 10 grows, the new MicrosoftEdge browser will enable businesses to take full advantage of the power ofHTML5.