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It is two years since HTML5 was officialized by W3C as the next generation language for development of websites. It is a fact that this language was developed to solve problems that web developers were having with the initial versions of HTML such as XHTML and HTML4. <\/span><\/p>\n Truth be told\u2014HTML5 has solved many of the web-related problems that initial versions of HTML couldn\u2019t solve. It is true that many excellent HTML5-based applications and games are used by millions of users. Therefore, the success of HTML5 isn\u2019t in doubt. <\/span><\/p>\n However, a majority of web developers continue to make mistakes when developing HTML5 based applications. This primer discusses some of the horrible mistakes web developer make while developing HTML5 based applications. Knowing some of the common mistakes made in HTML5 will help you to become an efficient HTML5 web developer. <\/span><\/p>\n Here are 5 horrible mistakes that you may be making with HTML5:<\/span><\/p>\n MIME\u2014 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension\u2014was originally developed for the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) that describes the email content. However, modern browsers use the MIME type to determine the type of media file and plan on actions to do with the content. In other words, the MIME type declaration helps the browser to find out ways on how to display the files that are not compatible with HTML format. <\/span><\/p>\n Therefore, correctly declaring the MIME type is significant for getting rid of creepy characters on your web page. To declare the MIME type correctly, you type the below statement between the <head> and <\/head> elements:<\/span><\/p>\n#1: Wrong MIME Type Declaration<\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n
<meta https-equiv= \u201cContent-Type\u201d content=\u201dtext\/HTML; charset=utf-8\u2033\/><\/span><\/pre>\n