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http://html5test.com/results.html
Now, if they would only adopt WebGL.
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Go to http://teevox.com and press F11. Works fine. Youtube could easily have a "full-page" button that also asks you to press F11.
It's really not an ideal solution. Does F11 even work on the Mac? I F11 in Chrome, I get no (ahem) chrome, but if I F11 in Firefox and IE, my tabs are still there. (EDIT: just realised they disappear after a little while. Interesting.) In any case, the fact that there is nothing clickable is baffling. I really don't understand why no-one thought to tackle this when discussing the tag.
(With HTML5 ) I can easily get the video to go fullscreen in the window (as is the behavior of "fullscreening" video in Chrome) which is nice because I can have a video play and not have to have my browser window at the normal size... and if I want, I can press F11 and have it go full screen (without borking my computer in the process). (Who cares what the button is... is the clipboard going to fail because it's Cmd+C in OS X and Ctrl+C in Windows?)
edit: I can't reply any further, but this provides context for why this decision was made. When considering mobile devices, this seems like an even more prudent choice: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1055214/is-there-a-way-to...
'HTML5' is losing all meaning and just becoming a buzzword. "HTML5 is not just going to be big, it’s going to be huge — and it’s coming fast. More than 2.1 billion mobile devices will have HTML5 browsers by 2016, up from just 109 million in 2010" No, more than 2.1 billion mobile devices will have web browsers . Yes, they'll use HTML5 but the figure is significant because of users gaining access to the 'full web' on f…
I also don't see how the native platforms in iOS or Android impede anyone's ability to use purely web technologies. At all. I find that to be a disingenuous or at least off topic insult.
> Or, they'll be poised to take full advantage of their market position and make it very difficult to write any kind of cross-platform app. We'll see.
Are you trying to imply that Apple is going to disregard the HTML5 specs or fork it in some way that makes web apps for Android and iOS incompatible? I guess I don't understand where you're coming from... at all.
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It's really not an ideal solution. Does F11 even work on the Mac? I F11 in Chrome, I get no (ahem) chrome, but if I F11 in Firefox and IE, my tabs are still there. (EDIT: just realised they disappear after a little while. Interesting.) In any case, the fact that there is nothing clickable is baffling. I really don't understand why no-one thought to tackle this when discussing the tag.
I love this behavior actually. Besides the fact that Flash has had years to get fullscreen right, I've yet to have it worked 100% as expected and I might as well light myself on fire as try to use it in Linux. (With HTML5 ) I can easily get the video to go fullscreen in the window (as is the behavior of "fullscreening" video in Chrome) which is nice because I can have a video play and not have to have my browser wind…
Is it really AAPL that is giving massive boost? How about GOOG? Ohh..c'mon! Feels like I'm reading AAPL fanboi blog.
Well, before Google started with Chrome you could say that was true, they were doing impressive things with WebKit. I am not counting commits and their weight now, so hard to tell how it is today.
Youtube's HTML5 player is still very alpha and poorly designed (still no fullscreen?). It has hardly changed in over a year since it was released. I question Google/Youtube's commitment to moving to HTML5.
Not to mention that pausing still puts it in a weird state where hitting play doesn't make it pick up again. You have to slightly move the knob.
I think everyone can agree that we all understand that Flash is on its way out as a tool for websites. Those stupid intros and Flash menus are already dying out thanks to javascript. Nothing to do with HTML5 at all.
So HTML5 will offer us similar capabilities to Flash using Canvas. Does that mean in a few years we can start hating on Canvas because it'll do all the same things we hate Flash for? Banner ads in Canvas anyone?
Flash video you say? Not until some form of DRM is in place. Content providers probably wouldn't care for that right-click "Save Video As..." choice we would have. But, most likely, it'll eventually happen.
So, can silly articles like this just stop already? If all you know is Flash on web pages then, yes, Flash is indeed dying. Screw that, as a website tool Flash is already dead. But, if you can think beyond that, Flash is turning into something else entirely. If you pay attention to things Adobe is doing or has done, such as embracing HTML5 with their related technologies, then you shall see that Flash dying on websites is far beyond Adobe's concern.
Is this a good thing ? I think that Google and Apple are intent on killing Microsoft and Adobe respectively and they believe the best way is to strike at their respective hearts is by reducing their core platform reliance. I'm not necessarily of the view this is the best way forward, and data security and privacy laws having a long way to go before we all start using "Chrome Books". I just sometimes wonder whether Google/Apple self-interest in pushing ahead HTML5 is, and will, benefit the developer community as a whole in development of web technologies or rather create some sort of HCJ hybrid "gadget" '@web application@' community.
Further, I'm not always convinced that writing lines of HTML5 and Javascript will replace the eons of work [flagrant exaggeration intended] that has gone into traditional languages. Just like the HTML4 spec, it will be a while before the HTML5 spec is "truly adopted". A simple DocType switch and you're "technically" in HTML5.
"The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast" - maybe it is, but I don't know whether that represents the "super exciting" future we all dream of - or whether it represents a flood of new poor constructed web technologies aiming to be the next "Facebook". Call me a cynic - I just think we need to preserve our roots as much as we do need to forge a better web future.
'HTML5' is losing all meaning and just becoming a buzzword. "HTML5 is not just going to be big, it’s going to be huge — and it’s coming fast. More than 2.1 billion mobile devices will have HTML5 browsers by 2016, up from just 109 million in 2010" No, more than 2.1 billion mobile devices will have web browsers . Yes, they'll use HTML5 but the figure is significant because of users gaining access to the 'full web' on f…
While I don't disagree that the term "HTML5" is overused... I thought it was obvious that the expansion of "HTML5 browsers" was in reference to well performing and compliant WebKit browsers that can leverage the richer and more featureful... features of HTML5. I also don't see how the native platforms in iOS or Android impede anyone's ability to use purely web technologies. At all. I find that to be a disingenuous or…
Is it even possible to insult a multinational company?
My point is that the article suggests that Apple is a big friend to HTML5, and that the growth of HTML5 will be in large part due to Apple's "massive support". I do not believe that Apple is a "massive" supporter of HTML5.
Apple's first priority is securing their own walled garden, not HTML5. HTML5 and its associated technologies are capable of creating fully-featured, offline-capable web apps that work on a variety of smartphone platforms with minimal changes. Apple will not allow such submissions into the App Store, and instead channels users towards an Objective-C, Apple-only path. They are pro-HTML5 when it suits them (fighting against Adobe) but when it threatens their walled garden, they discard it.
It isn't my intention to single them out in this- Google is just a bad with Android, as is MS with Windows Phone. The only reason I'm focusing on Apple is because the original article made them out to be a big flag-waver for HTML5, and I think that is disingenuous.
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While I don't disagree that the term "HTML5" is overused... I thought it was obvious that the expansion of "HTML5 browsers" was in reference to well performing and compliant WebKit browsers that can leverage the richer and more featureful... features of HTML5. I also don't see how the native platforms in iOS or Android impede anyone's ability to use purely web technologies. At all. I find that to be a disingenuous or…
>At all. I find that to be a disingenuous or at least off topic insult. Is it even possible to insult a multinational company? My point is that the article suggests that Apple is a big friend to HTML5, and that the growth of HTML5 will be in large part due to Apple's "massive support". I do not believe that Apple is a "massive" supporter of HTML5. Apple's first priority is securing their own walled garden, not HTML5.…
Besides the article doesn't say that they're a big supporter (though I think they are: WebKit, Safari, Mobile WebKit, millions of iOS devices, etc) of HTML5... it simply says they are putting capable browsers in the hands of users.
>Apple will not allow such submissions into the App Store
A false accusation, and more importantly... HTML5 applications using those technologies would not even [need to or benefit from] be submitted through the App Store. That's the entire point. What are you even talking about? The only way your argument makes any sense is if you're implying that Apple scrap Mobile Webkit, remove Mobile Safari, or intentionally REGRESS their own mobile browser to prevent native-app-like-features from HTML5... which, I'm sorry, but I find to be a ludicrous assertion.
Who isn't bad in your scenarios? Every platform in existence has a native layer in it that you could "cite". If it weren't for Google (Android, Chrome, WebKit), Apple (WebKit, Safari, Mobile Safari) and Microsoft (IE9, Mobile IE9), we wouldn't even be speaking hypothetically about web apps as the future, as they'd be impossible!