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    Apple's HTML 5 Showcase page

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by 2.0, Jun 4, 2010.

  1. 2.0

    2.0 Former NBR Macro-Mod®

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    What to know what HTML5 is capable of?

    Go to the link on Apple's website for a showcase demo showing how it can be used for advanced media on the web, including media(audio,video,pictures), typography and transitional effects.

    Its opening also takes a clear shot at Adobe's assertions that Flash is a standard, pointing out that a plugin by definition can't be a standard feature.

    *Note requires Safari to view.

    Apple - HTML5
     
    2.0, Jun 4, 2010
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  2. mishap

    mishap Notebook Consultant

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    So how is requiring Safari to view web content any different than forcing me to install a plugin? I've done everything in my power to avoid Safari like the plague after how clunky it was on my Mini and Apple's telling me their proprietary browser is better than a similarly proprietary plugin?

    If I'm not mistaken Chrome or Firefox (non video) should be perfectly adequate for HTML5.
     
    mishap, Jun 4, 2010
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    altecX Notebook Deity

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    In the last testing IE9 beta, kicked every other browser in HTML5 compatibility.
     
    altecX, Jun 4, 2010
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    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    Apple is just trying to push Safari for these tests. For other content it doesn't matter.
     
    Seshan, Jun 4, 2010
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  5. ajreynol

    ajreynol Notebook Virtuoso

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    nothing here we didn't already know javascript could do.
     
    ajreynol, Jun 4, 2010
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    TofuTurkey Married a Champagne Mango

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    I just tried using User Agent on Firefox to masquerade iPhone 3.0. It gets me past the simple filter but doesn't show the good stuff properly...
     
    TofuTurkey, Jun 4, 2010
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    I think they would do better to show how a site like Hulu could go HTML5.
     
    Jervis961, Jun 4, 2010
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