I think it's a tandem thing. HTML5 wouldn't have even remotely close to its current hype status if there wasn't an iPad and iPhone device that serves as a nice one-liner and makes the discussion relevant beyond the 'Damn open source hippies and their principles!' that mars things such as RDF and the discussion about whether the iPad is lacking in 'openness'. Instead of a long rambling story about the intricacies of web development and the browser wars, you can just say: HTML5 sites work well on iPads. All the other technologies don't work at all. That's simple, and compelling.
On the flip side, without HTML5 maturing and being embraced by most popular browsers (and those browsers gaining share), the iPad would not have been able to get away with not supporting flash as easily as it has. Its true that I estimate the 'proportion of target market', especially if we multiply users by influence (which one should! the trouble begins when trying to estimate influence), as far higher than you do. However, its more than that. There's the hype. I can easily imagine some web app builder that would realize only a fraction of a percent of their users will view the app on an iPad/Phone after some deliberation and market research, *STILL* retools to iPad compatible HTML5 just for the hype value to marketing and the fun value for the developer. It's not like developers are perfectly rational omniscient beings when they push for something. On Apr 4, 1:18 pm, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: > You put that rather harshly but I'll take it on the chin, I work in > web application development, not web site development so I'm not in > the clique you talk about. And, hard numbers are better than any > opinion... numbers that I've not looked at. > > I did say "Unless a significant proportion of your target market uses > an iPhone or iPad, it doesn't make business sense." What you are > telling me is that the proportion (in terms of income for the sites) > is bigger than I anticipated. > > So would you say that the iPad and iPhone are a bigger factor in the > move away from Flash than the maturing of HTML 5 for users as a whole? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
