Html 5 recently came out, are there any major differences between regular html and html5? I know that html5 can handle video and stuff like that.
html5 adds more features, like video, audio, local storage, server sent events and websockets, and some semantic elemets. check this: w3.org/html/logo/
HTML5 is for human while HTML4 is for machines. HTML4 has commanded tags while HTML5 enables you to invent your own tags as well as properties. Read these books to find out more.
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Ain't <header>, <footer>, <article> and <section> more human than <div> or <span>? Ain't native support for video, audio, and imaging more human? HTML4 was more for machines that can only parse texts rather than for humans.
Ain't you not thinking about what the new elements are really for? Ain't you thinking how support for audio/video/imaging doesn't change anything for the human? Ain't you thinking this allows bots, news readers, scrapers, etc. to more easily identify what different elements are for? Ain't you aware that HTML5 still needs parsing by machines? iow, ain't you thinking?