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New info on upcoming Ibis Reader from @liza's threepress -- another books-in-cloud model

By Andrew Savikas
November 2, 2009

Our part of this open ecosystem is Ibis Reader, an in-development digital reading system for a range of internet devices that provides access to books both online and offline....

HTML 5 comics

By Rick Jelliffe
September 11, 2009

CSS quirrel is an online comic that is good for a few laughs. You can tell it would be funny if you knew what on earth they all were talking about. Actually, most of the comics are really paired with...

Why is HTML Suddenly Interesting?

By Simon St. Laurent
August 26, 2009

After a decade of quiet, HTML is a hot topic once again. While there is pent-up demand for new features, the conversation reflects a more basic change in the Web's landscape.

Let's Call It A Draw(ing Surface) - Diving Into HTML 5

By Mark Pilgrim
August 17, 2009

This excerpt is from "Dive Into HTML 5" which will be published in early 2010 by O'Reilly Media. The book will cover features from the upcoming HTML 5 specification and other emerging standards. HTML 5 is still a work-in-progress; browser support is listed at the beginning of each section.

Flex's coopetition: HTML5

By Mike Slinn
August 12, 2009

It won't be ready for prime time this year, and probably not next year, but the HTML5 specification is firming up and current implementations suggest a that HTML5 will be a strong platform for RIAs. People familiar with other versions...

Yes, you can now use quite a bit of SVG in the Internet Explorer too. With Ample SDK.

By Sergey Ilinsky
July 30, 2009

The Scalable Vector Graphics technology, SVG in short, seems to be experiencing nowadays its second (or third?) birth on the web. The browser vendors are investing heavily into lifting up what they initially prototyped long time before. This is true of Opera, Firefox, Safari and Chrome, but there is no clear indication on the plans to supporting SVG from the major browser vendor - Microsoft. True, Microsoft has recently made a vague statement on its commitment to support the standards and the thrilling web-as-a-platform thing aka HTML5, but in what extent and when? And what shall we do until that time has come, or until the older IE browser park has updated?

Poll Results: HTML 5, are Flash, Silverlight, and JavaFX in trouble?

By Rich Tretola
June 28, 2009

This poll was one that brought many votes and most of you don't feel that HTML 5 will be making any major impact any time soon. Over 40% of you voted for "I don't think so: HTML 5 doesn't touch...

An Honest Open Discussion on Web Standards and HTML 5

By David Tucker
June 23, 2009

We need an open honest discussion about HTML5 and what it means for the web. Unfortunately, you aren't going to get the truth from fanatics on either side, but instead we all need to examine all of the evidence and come to our own conclusions. I have spent a great deal of time analyzing the facts, and in the process I have made several observations.

New Poll: HTML 5, are Flash, Silverlight, and JavaFX in trouble?

By Rich Tretola
June 22, 2009

HTML 5 has been the topic of buzz lately in the Internet/RIA world. With new features like Canvas, offline local storage, etc. many have been suggesting (including a recent article from infoworld) that HTML 5 could steal market share from...

Google's Browser-Based Plan for Ebook Sales

By Mac Slocum
June 1, 2009

BEA '09 may be remembered as the moment when Google formally entered the ebook market. From the New York Times: Mr. [Tom] Turvey [director of strategic partnerships at Google] said...

Google's Unique Position and Imperative Need for Browser Interactivity

By Timothy M. O'Brien
May 28, 2009

Google's clarion call for HTML 5 and rich interactive browser applications marks an interesting fork in the road for technologists. Will we invest our time in learning more proprietary, native APIs to create better iPhone and Adobe AIR applications, or will everything start to move toward a standards-based browser as the underlying platform for interactivity. Despite Google's influence in the market, this isn't a foregone conclusion. Just how long will it take for the content generators to adopt HTML 5? And, what's in it for Google?

Google Bets Big on HTML 5

By Tim O'Reilly
May 27, 2009

"Never underestimate the web," says Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra in his keynote at Google I/O this morning. He goes on to tell the story of a meeting he remembers when he was VP of Platform Evangelism at Microsoft five years ago. "We believed that web apps would never rival desktop apps. There was this small company called Keyhole,...

The Bold and the Beautiful: two new drafts for HTML 5

By Rick Jelliffe
May 12, 2009

Two new drafts out at W3C from the HTML 5 effort: HTML 5: The Markup Language and HTML 5: A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML. The first one is a model of the kinds of standards-writing we need. The second one is much larger, and is where many of the fiddles of historical HTML applications go.

RDFa and HTML5: UK Government Experience

0 September 4, 2008

There was a lot of discussion on the WHATWG mailing list last week about the role and utility of RDFa, whether it’s something that should be supported in HTML5, and what that support should look like. The objections to adding...

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