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“As I said at the start of this post, I don’t see this as an us and them, Open Web and Flash. I do see HTML5 plugging the areas that have been held up by Flash for the first decade of this century, and there are other areas that HTML5 supports that Flash doesn’t - but Flash could even make use of, such as Offline Applications.”
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Google Voice is delivered as an HTML5 web app and ReadWriteWeb asks: is it good enough?
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Introducing Web SQL Databases:
The Web SQL database API isn’t actually part of the HTML5 specification, but it is part of the suite of specifications that allows us developers to build fully fledged web applications, so it’s about time we dig in and check it out.
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“If you’ve wondered why there haven’t been many Gears releases or posts on the Gears blog lately, it’s because we’ve shifted our effort towards bringing all of the Gears capabilities into web standards like HTML5.”
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SublimeVideo, a beautiful HTML5 video player from Jilion, now supports Gecko/Firefox. Note that the WebKit implementation is still a bit more functional, though the team expects the two to be identical when Firefox 3.7 is released.
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Jonathan Stark outlines some quick notes about implementing HTML5
videoon the iPhone:- Poster image is only displayed until the video is loaded.
- True/false attributes do not require values.
- Video can be played (and heard) even when not visible.
i.e. video { display: none } - The autoplay attribute is ignored on iPhone.
i.e. will not autoplay no matter what - The controls attribute is ignored on iPhone.
i.e. controls are visible no matter what - The remote file is downloaded whether or not the user clicks play.
- You can interact with the DOM while iPhone video player is open.
- You can make a video autoplay on iPhone by navigating directly to the video url. However, this is useless within the context of an Ajax app because it spawns a browser window.
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BlackBerry has demoed its upcoming WebKit browser today at Mobile World Congress. Overall, the browser appears to be quite fast, though it still uses the nubbin/cursor and there isn’t an enormous amount of screen real estate. The new browser achieves a 100/100 on ACID3 and supports HTML5 and CSS3. And yes, it supports AJAX—a big departure from BlackBerry’s current browser which doesn’t even support XMLHttpRequest.
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Remy Sharp takes a look at the current state of HTML5, and its potential to replace Flash in web development. After reviewing topics like video, SVG, WebGL, and web fonts, Remy concludes that—though HTML5 will give us incredible tools to replace many Flash instances—it will not replace the platform, especially in genres like gaming.
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Sketchpad is a feature-rich paint app, written entirely in HTML5 and Javascript. The app is very impressive, with drag and drop panels, a wide variety of tools, a pattern library, and lots of other nice details.
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Web Development for the iPhone: HTML, CSS & JS Support:
A very comprehensive list of selectors, CSS3 features, and HTML5 elements featured on the iPhone.
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YouTube and Vimeo support HTML5 Video:
HTML5 Doctor looks at the recent switch by both Youtube and Vimeo to support HTML5
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SublimeVideo provides a custom user interface for playing HTML5 videos. The design is Mac-centric (though well polished) and offers a “Full-window” mode which is very visually impressive—and I believe more useful than Flash’s “Full screen mode”. The script will eventually be released free for non-commercial use. (Note: Open the link in Safari/Chrome to view)
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Google releases Android 2.0 SDK:
Google has released the new developer SDK for Android 2.0 and notes that it now supports HTML5 features like SQL, App Cache, and geolocation—though I’m willing to bet there are even more WebKit enhancements under the hood. Go get the SDK and try it out yourself.
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The new beta of jQTouch is ready for download with a ton of enhancements and fixes. For those who don’t know, jQTouch is a jQuery plugin which helps create immersive experiences on the iPhone and iPod Touch. New in beta 2:
- 8 core page animations (including several 3d options) and the ability to easily add your own. See the animations running like butter in a demo video.
- Support for custom extensions, including 4 built-in sample extensions for geo location, offline support, a “floaty” menu, and automatic title creation.
- A public object now allows you to manipulate jQTouch dynamically with functions like
goTo(),goBack(), andsubmitForm(). - A “fast touch” feature is enabled by default, improving responsiveness up to 500% in some cases.
Check out the new preview on your iPhone and download a copy to play with today!
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The new beta of jQTouch is ready for download with a ton of enhancements and fixes. For those who don’t know, jQTouch is a jQuery plugin which helps create immersive experiences on the iPhone and iPod Touch. New in beta 2:
- 8 core page animations (including several 3d options) and the ability to easily add your own. See the animations running like butter in a demo video.
- Support for custom extensions, including 4 built-in sample extensions for geo location, offline support, a “floaty” menu, and automatic title creation.
- A public object now allows you to manipulate jQTouch dynamically with functions like
goTo(),goBack(), andsubmitForm(). - A “fast touch” feature is enabled by default, improving responsiveness up to 500% in some cases.
Check out the new preview on your iPhone and download a copy to play with today!