not sure about audio. but here is a good but long introduction to some of the features of HTML 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siOHh0uzcuY . from memory i think SVG is good for drawing and simple interaction, <canvas> is for more complex stuff with a lot of javascript. I think <canvas> is in everything except IE.
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] letter from Steve Jobs on Flash > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:06:46 -0700 > > Does HTML 5 do anything about the basically non-existant audio API in HTML? > > I gather that the <canvas> tag was Apple's proposal. How does it compare > with the graphical abilities of Flash or Director? > > Microsoft has not implemented the <canvas> tag. Is the <canvas> tag in the > W3C HTML 5 spec? > > And how does the <canvas> tag compare with the ideas around SVG, which seems > like a competing graphical API? > > In an ideal world, we could use 'open' tools with 'open' standards to create > our apps. > > But what we have, instead, are corporations struggling with one another for > business turf/markets. > > I've been a Director programmer for over ten years. Seeing what Adobe is > doing with Director, I have no allegiance to Adobe. Eventually it will be > Flash's turn to suffer the same fate. > > As go these big corporations and their products, so goes my work and your > work? Then it's only a matter of time before it all becomes data trash. > > By no means an ideal situation any way you look at it. > > I was attracted to Director cuz I could do things with it that I couldn't do > with any other tools. Flash is now the more popular and contemporary tool > for doing these sorts of things. And it has equalled Director in various > (though not all) ways. So I'm learning Flash. > > But I wonder if it'll all be data trash in twenty years. > > ja > http://vispo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now_______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
