HTML 5.1 is coming out, HTML 5.2 is being prepared

Representatives of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have pleased the public with two news at once. It's about working on HTML 5.1 and HTML 5.2. The specification of version 5.1 is already at the last stage of coordination.
Her status has moved from “Release Candidate” to “Proposed Recommendation”. Thus, HTML 5.1 is left to receive the “blessing” of the concession (“W3C Recommendation”) and come out. The new standard is 99.99% ready. So, in the near future, the standard HTML 5.0 will not be relevant.

The decision to transfer the standard to the status of “Proposed Recommendation” was made unanimously. This means that the main developers of the browsers, the participants of the consortium, were able to agree among themselves on how they want the new standard, is pleased Softopedia.

Version 5.1 is expected to come out in a few weeks.
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New Features HTML 5.1

The three major innovations are the <picture>, <dialog> and combined <summary> & <details> tags.

Technically, browsers are already using the <picture> . In version 5.1, this will happen officially. However, in conjunction with this tag, the srcset attribute has been added to implement responsive images.

The <dialog> previously used only in Chrome and Opera. It will allow you to create dialog boxes within HTML, with a minimal amount of JavaScript code (at least it will be less than before).

According to unconfirmed rumors, <summary> & <details> were added to simplify the creation of unfolding interface elements.

HTML 5.2

Without waiting for the release of HTML 5.1, in mid-August, the concession commenced work on HTML 5.2. In this standard, two major updates are planned - the definition of <meta name="theme-color"> and the addition of support for <script type="module"> .

The first will allow developers to set the dominant color of the page, which can be used, for example, by some browsers. So, Vivaldi changes the color of the toolbar when moving from site to site.

The second update - a curtsy in the direction of JavaScript, which is gradually slipping into the design of the modules of almost every piece of code loaded on the page, believes Softopedia.

The HTML 5.1 specification is more detailed here . The change table is available at this address , and the draft draft HTML 5.2 specification is located by reference .