This might be a good time for developers to take a renewed look at using scalable vector graphics (SVG) in Web applications. SVG promises better performance, smaller downloads, and better rendering ...

SVG has a drawing area called a 'canvas,' and by using the SVG canvas to create animations, you can manage them within HTML and easily manipulate them with CSS and JS.

Users can import standard Web graphics assets such as SVG, PNG, JPG and GIF files and style them using CSS3. The design stage utilizes WebKit to enable design, preview and manipulation of content ...

And another major goal was to deliver GPU-powered HTML5 graphics and media. “You have this piece of hardware whose whole purpose if to decode video, use that.” Hachamovitch said.