1. CSS Canvas Drawings

    Method of using HTML5 Canvas as a background image. Not currently part of any specification.

  2. :placeholder-shown CSS pseudo-class

    Input elements can sometimes show placeholder text as a hint to the user on what to type in. See, for example, the placeholder attribute in HTML5. The :placeholder-shown pseudo-class matches an input element that is showing such placeholder text.

  3. Server-sent events

    Method of continuously sending data from a server to the browser, rather than repeatedly requesting it (EventSource interface, used to fall under HTML5)

  4. HTML5 semantic elements

    HTML5 offers some new elements, primarily for semantic purposes. The elements include: `section`, `article`, `aside`, `header`, `footer`, `nav`, `figure`, `figcaption`, `time`, `mark` & `main`.

  5. seamless attribute for iframes

    The seamless attribute makes an iframe's contents actually part of a page, and adopts the styles from its hosting page. The attribute has been removed from both [the WHATWG](https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/331) and [the W3C](https://github.com/w3c/html/pull/325) HTML5 specifications.

  6. Web Storage - name/value pairs

    Method of storing data locally like cookies, but for larger amounts of data (sessionStorage and localStorage, used to fall under HTML5).

  7. Inline SVG in HTML5

    Method of using SVG tags directly in HTML documents. Requires HTML5 parser.

  8. WebM video format

    Multimedia format designed to provide a royalty-free, high-quality open video compression format for use with HTML5 video. WebM supports the video codec VP8 and VP9.