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The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast

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Re: The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast

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post #9

It says the HTML5 standard is not slated to be complete until 2020. That seems ridiculous. Why so long?

Because by definition it requires three browser wendors with _complete_ implementation of the standart. Looking at it this way we have no version of HTML complete.

Re: The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast

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post #10

Where do Flash games come into this? I'm not very familiar with the development of a flash game but some guy in this article claims "Flash will disappear" or something. I assume this means whatever source the games have will just be compiled into some other sort of file compatible with HTML5? Or am I missing something completely?]

He is implying that new content (including games) will be created in HTML5 using Canvas and JS instead of in Flash. While google has made a tool that can convert some content from Flash to HTML5 automatically (Swiffy), it only supports very old Flash content.

Re: The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast

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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.

Re: The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast

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post #8

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.

AFAIK, it isn't possible to watch fullscreen video in HTML5. At least, not in the way you with Flash.

Re: The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast

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post #15
post #8

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.

AFAIK, it isn't possible to watch fullscreen video in HTML5. At least, not in the way you with Flash.

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.

Re: The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AFAIK, it isn't possible to watch fullscreen video in HTML5. At least, not in the way you with Flash.

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.

Re: The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast

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post #8

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.

Re: The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast

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post #13
post #10

Where do Flash games come into this? I'm not very familiar with the development of a flash game but some guy in this article claims "Flash will disappear" or something. I assume this means whatever source the games have will just be compiled into some other sort of file compatible with HTML5? Or am I missing something completely?]

He is implying that new content (including games) will be created in HTML5 using Canvas and JS instead of in Flash. While google has made a tool that can convert some content from Flash to HTML5 automatically (Swiffy), it only supports very old Flash content.

I've always wondered how games written with javascript on canvas would handle cheating since you can type javascript code into the web page you are currently looking at.

Adobe also has a tool for converting Flash to Canvas: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/wallaby/

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