Archive for the ‘HTML 5’ Category

Apple will be leading the way for HTML5

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

The driving force for switching to HTML5 and CSS3 is getting sites compliant for the ipad / iphone. We can say that we are moving technology forward just for the sake of it, or because we want to code to web standards. But lets face it – we need a practical reason to make the jump, and Apple has given us just that. They are pushing HTML5 on their iOS platform and since their platform is the market leader, that is where designers are going to go.

A few days ago Apple published a useful demos to thier site – an HTML5 demo page that shows exactly how to use HTML5 to accomplish different tasks a la iOS

http://developer.apple.com/safaridemos/

I especially like the typography demo, as that is one of the more pressing issues, in my mind. These demos represent a major push by Apple to incorporate standards – based development practices into the ecosystem of their products, and AVANT is paying attention. Did you hear that Apple surpassed Microsoft as the tech company worth the most money? Not a fact to be ignored.

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HTML5 & IE – Coding For Multiple Browsers Into Eternity

Monday, June 7th, 2010

HTML5 Infographic

Recently, this HTML5 infographic made the rounds here at AVANT. It was really interesting for a lot of reasons, partially because we are positionning ourselves strategically with clients and partners. But the main interest to me (as a producer) was the impact on production workflow – the browser compatibility chart. What stood out more than anything else was that Internet Explorer, once again, is incompatible in its support for the technology that several others seem to be getting behind. Is the Silverlight play SO important that Microsoft intends to leverage XAML against the rogue wave of HTML5? Is that going to be the development battle ground for the next phase of Mac vs. PC?

I understand that Microsoft has made an effort, that thier business is built around proprietary software, IE8 was a big step up, and that IE9 will be even bigger in the right direction. But honestly, its not enough – soon enough – if the focus on UX is REALLY a goal for Microsoft. If this graphic is correct, then it appears that we will have to continue designing for multiple browsers in order to extend apps to multiple devices: All reasonable browsers, IE7, IE8, IE9, sometimes IE6 (still). Our goal is generally the best UX, and we would rather focus on that over bug testing syntax shifts for IE.

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Derezzing the Pluggin Web

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

As if the promise of HTML 5 wasnt cool enough, watching the new TRON trailer using the new <video>  tag gets us all hot and bothered. Check it out here along with other cool demos on new HTML 5 features. Looks like the pluggin-based web may be getting the End of Line from Master Control.

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HTML 5: Draft 5

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

More and more websites are incorporating the latest web standards to deliver content – optimized especially for devices. But there are plenty of reasons to celebrate these new standards for the desktop “browser-based web”, too. For over a decade I have been using Flash for creating rich application and website interfaces  – and later Silverlight – (I contributed to iterations of both of those platforms) – but AVANT is eagerly awaiting the broader acceptance of HTML5 standards. Not only is HTML5 making page structure easier to architect which cuts my cost as an agency; consider all of the features like drag and drop, audio and video playback (typically reserved for Flash/Silverlight implementation). Not to mention extendabilty to a litany of devices without having to extensively recode an interface. As AVANT anticipates the W3 recomendation to use HTML5, (which will make the technology more pervasive),  Draft5 is a great resource for boning up on the next important evloution of the standards-based web (another month, another W3 draft update): Draft 5.

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The HTML5 Transition

Friday, July 10th, 2009

So, the reason for keeping most designers and developers from using HTML5 and CSS3 more is the fact that not all the browsers support it. But most of us really want to use it. It seems like the next evolution in interface design. It certainly is a step that has been anticipated for a long time.

We already go through a lot of production time to make applications and sites look perfect in IE – do the technology barons really want to continue to make life more difficult?

Recently, Bobby Van Der Sluis published an article on practical ways of using HTML5 today, in a way that will degrade gracefully for the browsers of today, but that will also let you take advantage of the futuristic features coming in the browsers of tomorrow.

Check out his article here:

http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/practical_html5/

Here is a quote from the article:

Personally, I have decided to start using the HTML 5 DOCTYPE for my personal projects, however I’m not particularly fond of using these workarounds. Relying on HTML 5’s backwards compatibility instead, I basically mark up my new projects as if I was using HTML 4

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