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It’s 2019. Apple still uses the term HTML5.

• rolltiide 7y ago
  Compared to...? SPA/PWA/specific non-native solution entirely based on JS?
  • SimeVidas 7y ago
    Just HTML. There is no versioning, it’s a “living standard.”
    • detaro 7y ago
      HTML5 is more a shorthand for "modern web technologies" nowadays. It's not just HTML.
      • ravenstine 7y ago
        Which is rather silly, since HTML5 isn't "modern" in contrast to a lot of the things we call "modern" in the world of software development. I don't believe there's anyone who honestly thinks of non-modern web technologies when they hear "HTML" without the 5, except maybe someone who hasn't done any web development in over a decade.
      • SimeVidas 7y ago
        Trust me, nobody in the web development community uses HTML5 as a shorthand for that.
        • rolltiide 7y ago
          Not anymore as it became ubiquitous for the things people actually develop in the webdev community, but it is still the term for what is being described I see your confusion and frustration now, just a misunderstanding
        • gridlockd 7y ago
          Unless you are trying to pull a "No True Scotsman", I'm just going to prove you wrong by presenting myself as the counter-example. HTML is just the markup language, excluding CSS and JS. HTML5 is the basket of technologies that make "modern" web apps possible.
          • SimeVidas 7y ago
            That was true maybe 5–10 years ago. I’m saying that this term is no longer used today, in 2019. Do you seriously still use it in discussions with your colleagues, on social media, etc.?
            • gridlockd 7y ago
              I'd be more likely to use "web app", "web platform" or "web technology" among developers. However, I never use the term "HTML" to refer to that. Among non-developers, using the term HTML5 is definitely common. To them, it's basically the distinction between "before Flash" and "after Flash".
  • ravenstine 7y ago
    Unless HTML6 happens and is adopted, which I doubt, calling it HTML5 is just kind of pointless; I really don't care if people say HTML5, but I say HTML because that's what it is, and adding on '5' doesn't provide any useful information since all browsers support HTML version 5 by default and without the need to specify it.
    • rolltiide 7y ago
      Okay interesting, so thats not what Apple was referring to Its a suite of best technologies that have little to do with the version of html supported by a browser This gives a lot of insight into this whole comment thread