It's really about cross platform compatibility in a world with so many Os(s), computer languages, hardware choices, and networks infrastructure choices. HTML has become a universal presentation, (eg visual language), that allows any browser, built to the agreed upon standard, to consume content, regardless of other underlying divides. Making HTML5 the official standard will be slow, due to politics and competing motives among the players, which prevents adoption of a feature until there is consensus from everyone involved. This usually only occurs after a feature is already being widely used and supported by all the major browsers. LOL
I was surprise at how long it takes for a standard, like HTML4 and HTML5, to become sanctioned. I believe the video mention 2022 as the target date for HTML5 to formally become the standard, but HTML5 is already being used today. HTML5 provides backwards compatible with earlier HTML to allow users to leverage their skills as the change to HTML5 takes place. This has not always been the Microsoft way of handling change. LOL Regards, LelandJ On 06/22/2012 11:01 AM, AndyD wrote: > An interesting article in sdtimes but the author plays down the fact > that in a real-world environment HTML5 is still partly vapourware, and > everyone promoting this ignores the fact that javascript is malformed > and crippled. The goal of replacing the desktop with a browser has > always been blocked by the need to let javascript out of the sandbox if > it's to be really useful; even if javascript /were/ fit for purpose the > browser environment is sandboxed for inescapable security reasons. > Having said that it looks from the article as if ms are walking on the > edge of the cliff: > /Visual Studio 11 beta to build an HTML5 application .... JavaScript is > the language that accesses the WinRT runtime/ > > AndyD 8-)? > > On 21/06/2012 22:44, Leland Jackson wrote: >> On 06/21/2012 09:59 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: >>> <http://www.developer.com/design/the-8-principles-of-great-user-interface-design.html> >>> >>> This is very basic but a good starting point to look at and evaluate >>> what you do do today and how you might improve over time. >>> >> Web app and cross platform development seems to be moving towards HTML5, >> used in conjunction with JavaScript and CSS3. Below is a link to some >> good video about the new UI. Click on the [welcome] link to start a >> video. Once the video starts you can click the "auto-play chapter" to >> [on], to chain to the next video. I've also included a link to an SD >> Times article, "Windows 8 and HTML5", which is a good read. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/8yzcclm >> >> http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=36627&page=1 >> >> http://www.w3schools.com/html5/default.asp >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
