HTML5 is gaining momentum in the war for multimedia
dominance, but Flash still wins, according to gaming source One More Level. Read original content
For better performance with HTML5 web content Microsoft recommends Internet Explorer 10 over other platforms. Read original content
GamesMadeMe Founder and CEO Juha Paananen
states “The browser will become the dominant platform on desktop and mobile and
people will start to expect that they can play the same game and be part of the
same experience on all devices…most games of the future will be designed so
that you can access them from anywhere. Read original content
Sencha has launched a new program to assist Adobe Flex
developers to become more productive migrating to HTML5. Read original content
Microsoft is bypassing HTML5 and launching native mobile
apps for its customer relationship management (CRM) software, stating they’re
watching HTML5 closely, but the focus “is to provide the best possible
experience on native devices today." Read original content
Despite some limitations, gaming platform Zynga is embracing
HTML5 for its cross-platform aspect and other numerous advantages says Zynga's CTO Paul Bakaus. Read original content
The HTML5 accessibility website
(http://www.html5accessibility.com/) has scored Mozilla’s Firefox way ahead of
other Windows browsers for HTML5 accessibility support. Read original content
According to
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, the mobile web will edge out mobile apps in the long term, as
technologies like HTML5 improve. Read original content
Microsoft highlights HTML5 in a Valentine’s Day browser
demo. Called “Love is in the Air”
(http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/performance/loveisintheair/), the demo
experience “brings together hardware-accelerated HTML5 canvas, SVG, CSS
transforms & transitions, WOFF, audio, and more”, according to IE group
program manager Rob Mauceri. Read original content
AppMobi has made its playMobi HTML5-based game development
SDK available for beta testing. The SDK
will provide tools for development of games in iOS, Android and Facebook
platforms.
The beta version of Google’s Chrome 18 browser is now
available, and it includes GPU-accelerated rendering to allow games and animations
built using the HTML5 Canvas tag to run faster and smoother. Read original content
How does HTML5 fit into your mobile strategy? Wilter du Toit, CEO of Virtual Mobile
Technologies, weighs pros and cons in an opinion piece in IT News Africa. Read original content
HTML5 doesn’t work in IE, won’t be ready until 2022, and
isn’t “ready for prime time”. These are
three of the ten myths a Microsoft developer says is holding HTML5 back. Read original content
Websites to explore that help you learn more about HTML5. Read original content
StackMob, the cloud-based platform for mobile developers,
has announced the launch of their hosted HTML5 service for desktop, tablet and
mobile. Developers can also use the new
service to host HTML5 running in native apps.
“Eventually, HTML5 is going to win because of this network-connected
device world.” Read original content
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