On May 12, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: > > On May 12, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> On May 12, 2012, at 5:01 AM, skinnie wrote: >> >>> I used demeter, I don't know if supports html5, but if I go to >>> http://html5.grooveshark.com/ it plays nice and uses about 10% cpu >>> sometimes less! >> >> A better way to see how compatible your browser is with HTML5 is here: >> >> <http://html5test.com/> >> >> It will tell you directly what features are supported and which are not. I >> did not see TenFourFox in the test list, be interesting to see how it fares. > > I am running the latest TenFourFox, 10.0.4. Got a score of 327 plus 9 bonus > points. I think I have the latest Safari, 4.1.3, that will run on 10.4 and > that scored a 265 and 6 bonus points. > > Looking at the what I think are the important stuff, TenFourFox seems to not > pass the following major items.
Each item name has a link to the relevant standards API document for that feature from W3C if you wish to see what it is and isn't failing. Also note HTML5 is a lot farther along than it was last year, but keep in mind it is still a work in progress. > Some audio codecs > About 1/2 of the form inputs (56/108) Yeah, the vast majority of websites don't yet use these, but use Jquery and such to manage these. In the future it'll be a lot easier to write these kinds of things in straight-up HTML instead of javascripts. It also makes styling these things easier, because standard css applies to it. > No Microdata, whatever that is Looked at the link, it's very much a work in progress by the W3C, so it's not surprising no one supports it yet. > Complete Security failure 0/15 Not good, this means that you're subject to iframe hijacking, maybe. See: <http://seclab.stanford.edu/websec/frames/navigation/> > Web GL 9/25 mostly for 3D context Yeah this isn't widely supported. > Files (FileSystem API failed) >From W3C: "This specification defines an API to navigate file system >hierarchies, and defines a means by which a user agent may expose sandboxed >sections of a user's local filesystem to web applications." I'm GLAD Safari fails that one! Great FSM on a fork! that's a Very Bad Idea. > Local Multimedia Access the webcam failed > I don't have one so don't know if that is the reason for failing, > but isn't this a good thing to not give browsers direct access to webcams? Again from the W3C : "This document defines a set of APIs that allow local media, including audio and video, to be requested from a platform." You know when those folks in Pennsylvania (IIRC) kept turning on the webcams on school-issued laptops in kids bedrooms and such? Yeah, that. Another Very Bad Idea. > Web Notifications failed Looking at the specification, all I can see is fake antivirus malware as far as the eye can see. Yet another Very Bad Idea: <http://www.w3.org/TR/notifications/> Note the mentions of 'notifications outside the web browser'. Javascript has a perfectly usable notification mechanism already. <http://www.mediacollege.com/internet/javascript/basic/alert.html> -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
