Canvas was around before HTML5 too (AFAIK, Apple invented it for Dashboard), but it's still generally classed as an HTML5 thing. Much of the role of HTML5 is st

Canvas was around before HTML5 too (AFAIK, Apple invented it for Dashboard), but it's still generally classed as an HTML5 thing. Much of the role of HTML5 is standardizing all the disparate technologies that are already being used to make sites but which aren't really regulated by the HTML standard.