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HTML5 brings a host of new elements and attributes to allow developers to make their documents more easily understood by other systems (especially search engines !), display data more uniquely, and take on some of the load that has required complex JavaScript or browser plug-ins like Flash and Silverlight to handle. Here are 10 new items in HTML5 that will make it easier for you to write your Web sites. 1: <video> and <audio> One of the biggest uses for Flash, Silverlight, and similar technologies is to get a multimedia item to play. With HTML5 supporting the new video and audio controls, those technologies are now relegated to being used for fallback status. The browser can now natively display the controls, and the content can be manipulated through JavaScript. Don't let the codec confusion scare you away. You can specify multiple sources for content, so you can make sure that your multimedia will play regardless of what codecs the user'...

The Fundamental Principles of Animation It all started after the 30s when Walt Disney noticed that the level of animation was inadequate for some new story lines. Classes for his animators were set up under the instruction of Don Graham. Before those classes, the animations were made with little or no reference to nature. Out of these classes grew a new way of drawing moving human figures and animals, where the analysis of real action became important to the development of animation. After a while, each technique was named and they became known as the fundamental principles of animation. Ultimately, the animator must have a sense of what makes an inanimate character alive. The principles are: 1. Timing 2. Ease In and Out (or Slow In and Out) 3. Arcs 4. Anticipation 5. Exaggeration 6. Squash and Stretch 7. Secondary Action 8. Follow Through and Overlapping Action 9. Straight Ahead Action and Pose-To-Pose Action 10. Staging 11. Appeal...