If you have been following the web technologies, chances are you would have heard about HTML 5 and WebGL, which are like the next generation technologies on the web and guess what you can get a feel of these, very much on your N900s, thanks to Mozilla’s Firefox Mobile, also known as the Fennec browser which is still in beta for Maemo 5.

So now you have one more reason to turn to Firefox for your browsing needs on the N900. But what exactly do these fancy terms- HTML5, SVG and WebGL mean? Well, if you are not a developer, you probably won’t have to bother about these but as a user, you should know whats happening behind the web-page that you are reading. HTML 5 is the next version of HTML, th core mark-up language of the internet, which aims at getting rid of proprietory plugin based internet applications like Adobe’s Flash and Microsoft’s Silverlight, meaning you dont have to bother installing these plugins on your desktops and more encouraging is the impact on mobile browser, a majority of which don’t support Flash as of now. SVG is a family of specifications of XML based files, used for describing 2D vector graphics, yeah I know it sounds all gibberish for most. But before you overlook, take a look at these demo videos from Firefox, after the break though.

WebGL Demo

SVG 5 Demo

Don’t they look promising? I just can’t wait for these technologies to go mainstream but till then me and y0u have to  be happy with these demo videos from Firefox.