Google's HTML5 Work: what's next?

The document discusses Google's work on HTML5 and advancing web applications capabilities. It outlines how browsers and web technologies have evolved over time, from JavaScript in 1995 to the rise of AJAX in the mid-2000s. It then lists new capabilities web applications need like video playback, geolocation, offline support. Google's goal is to empower web apps to do what native apps can through new HTML5 features in Chrome like canvas, local storage, web workers and more. The document provides examples and demos of various HTML5 features and outlines Google's ongoing work to further web standards.