There may be no greater apostasy in HTML5 than the creation of the <canvas> tag, a marker used for reserving a rectangular chunk of real estate where JavaScript code can manipulate individual pixels.

The HTML5 Canvas element promises web developers a web-native way to create animations, interactive charts and even full-fledged apps like image editors and complicated games. Canvas may well be ...

Mozilla engineers have borrowed yet another feature from the Tor Browser and starting with version 58 Firefox will block attempts to fingerprint users using the HTML5 canvas element.