Fotiman - 7:31 pm on May 28, 2010 (gmt 0)

Hugene, there are other benefits as well. HTML5 adds new form controls, multimedia elements, and improved structural elements (header, nav, article, section, aside, and footer) and semantics. Sure, you can continue to do:

<div id="header">

but eventually, the HTML5 components will just be *easier* to use (and shorter):

<header>

Development will get easier because your code will be cleaner and leaner. So don't dismiss HTML5 just yet. I'm sure there were people who said "what do I need HTML 4 for... HTML 3.2 works just fine!" Sometimes its not always immediately obvious what the benefits of change will be. :)