Apple's cheats to showcase Safari's HTML5

http://www.osnews.com/story/23411/Apple_s_HTML5_Showcase_Isn_t_HTML5_Blocks_Other_Browsers

by crocowhile • 16 years ago

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tptacek2• 16 years ago

Which technologies that Apple is showcasing on this page are unavailable, in principal or practice, to Firefox and Chrome?

Because if all they're doing is showing how you can get 80% of what Flash would give an iPhone app using HTML5, then the fact that they're blocking Firefox is irrelevant. Firefox and Chrome users don't need to be sold on HTML5. We'd be getting upset about browsers being blocked from... an advertisement.

On the other hand, if they're showcasing concepts that can only work in Safari, then they are indeed doing what Microsoft did in the '90s: attempting to "embrace and extend" the HTML5 standard by setting expectations that can only be met using Apple's nonstandard technology.

I would be surprised to find out that Apple is doing the latter. Their efforts with HTML5 have seemed to be in good faith.

gte910h2• 16 years ago

>Which technologies that Apple is showcasing on this page are unavailable, in principal or practice, to Firefox and Chrome?

Then they're not really supported HTML5 features, they're just safari features, and should be removed from the showcase.

tptacek2• 16 years ago

Why yes, that is a more concise way of saying the same thing I said. Thanks!

easp• 16 years ago

Well, webkit features.

douglasputnam• 16 years ago

The title to this post is intentionally misleading and sensational. Using the word "cheats" is cheating and trolling.

Apple's cheats to showcase Safari's HTML5

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