HTML5 Browser Compliance
W3C has released HTML5 browser compliance results. Believe it or not: IE9 outperforms even Chrome; http://eicker.at/HTML5
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Gerrit Eicker
Google Instant
Google: Search is now faster than the speed of type. Google Instant saves time searching the Web; http://j.mp/d3qFOW
Gerrit Eicker
HTML5 vs. Flash
Harding, YouTube, on HTML5 vs. Flash: We need to do more than just point at a video file; http://j.mp/9KjIKL
Gerrit Eicker
Safari 5
Apple releases Safari 5, adds better HTML5, CSS3 support, Safari Reader and Extensions; http://j.mp/9byGdU
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Gerrit Eicker
The Safari Reader is an enormous evolutionary step in web browser development: reading, printing, forwarding gets a major update. Back side for publishers: clickpath analysis becomes harder, actionable elements or online advertising must be positioned above the fold on longer pages and (text-)linked within the content.
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Gerrit Eicker
TC: “Speaking of Chrome and Firefox, while Safari 5 will bring a 30% performance increase over Safari 4, Apple is also saying that the new version is 3% faster than the latest stable build of Chrome (5.0) and twice as fast as Firefox 3.6. All of this is based on SunSpider JavaScript tests of Apple’s latest Nitro engine. – Safari is also adding a new feature called ‘Reader’ which will make it easier to read webpages by taking away all the excess design (and ads).”
RWW: “When Safari Reader detects an article, an icon appears in the address field. Click it and it will display the whole article on one clean page, presumably without links, sidebars or dancing banditos. Think print-ready page. There are options to enlarge, print or send via email.”
MW: “The new Safari Reader feature seems akin to Web-based services like Readability, giving you the option of viewing a Web page in a slimmed-down, scrollable view that eliminates many of the distracting elements. Safari 5 can detect both single and multipage articles and allows you to toggle the Reader mode to display the article, print it, or share it via e-mail.”
TNW: “The other notable inclusion is Safari Reader ‘making it easy to read single and multipage articles on the web by presenting them in a new, scrollable view without any additional content or clutter.'”
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Martin Seibert
I like the idea of Safari Reader. I am curious if it will be able to compete with my combination of Google Reader, NetNewsWire and InstaPaper …
The increase of speed is even more thrilling. I am eager to find out if it is really faster than Chrome.
Gerrit: What is your experience so far?
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Gerrit Eicker
I love it. Safari 5 is slightly faster but the best part of it is the Safari Reader: it makes reading long articles super easy even on badly layouted pages (includes those with multiple pages per article). This is a huge (r)evolution!
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Gerrit Eicker
The Safari Reader integrates bravely with my news reading habits: NWW (besides others) defines the “what”. Safari Reader becomes the new “read now” tool of choice. Instapaper stays for “read later”.
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Martin Seibert
In a disciplined world, there should never be a read now, should there?
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Gerrit Eicker
I’m pretty curious. ;)
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Martin Seibert
In that case, you should rather be disciplined, as long as you consider reading web news “working”. If its “leisure time”, no one cares if you use it efficiently.
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Gerrit Eicker
Of course I am: following defined news (reader/ing) time slots. ;)
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Gerrit Eicker
iPad ready: HTML5 vs. Flash
Apple not only ignores Flash on the iPad (iPhone, iPod Touch): it seems to start a war for HTML5 now; http://j.mp/b8Tfp6
Gerrit Eicker
YouTube Goes HTML5
YouTube introduces an experimental version of an HTML5-supported player (Chrome, Safari only); http://j.mp/6rgKjs
RWW: “The battle between HTML5 and Adobe Flash for dominance over video on the Web is likely to end poorly for one of the two, and lately it’s been looking worse and worse for Flash. Steve Jobs wrote an open letter to the Web stating why Flash would remain banned from iPhones and iPads and just yesterday, Apple got an ‘unexpected ally‘ in its anti-Flash crusade – the adult entertainment industry. – But today, just to keep from making things too cut and dry, Google-owned video site YouTube has come out with a list of its own reasons on why Flash is here to stay, for now, and HTML5 simply isn’t qualified to handle the job at hand.”
Harding: “We need to do more than just point the browser at a video file like the image tag does – there’s a lot more to it than just retrieving and displaying a video. The tag certainly addresses the basic requirements and is making good progress on meeting others, but the tag does not currently meet all the needs of a site like YouTube. – To that end, we’re excited about the new WebM project. Google is open sourcing and contributing the VP8 codec to the WebM effort. Google, Mozilla, and Opera have all committed to support WebM, and we have already started making YouTube videos available in the WebM format. Adobe has also committed to support VP8, the video codec for WebM, in an upcoming Flash Player release. … HD video begs to be watched in full screen, but that has not historically been possible with pure HTML. While most browsers have a fullscreen mode, they do not allow javascript to initiate it, nor do they allow a small part of the page (such as a video player) to fill the screen. Flash Player provides robust, secure controls for enabling hardware-accelerated fullscreen displays. … Video is not just a one-way medium. Every day, thousands of users record videos directly to YouTube from within their browser using webcams, which would not be possible without Flash technology. Camera access is also needed for features like video chat and live broadcasting.”
CT: “It may seem that Steve Jobs is on a lonely crusade against Adobe’s Flash format with the rest of the industry simply waiting who this battle will turn out. While Adobe is rallying support for Flash, Apple receives support from a rather unexpected ally, the adult film industry. The founder of Digital Playground, one of the porn heavyweights in the U.S., told ConceivablyTech that it will abandon Flash as soon as the desktop browsers fully support HTML 5. We also learned that 3D is just not there yet and that online movie streaming is unlikely to replace Blu-ray discs anytime soon.”
WebM: “The WebM project is dedicated to developing a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone. – The WebM launch is supported by Mozilla, Opera, Adobe, Google and more than forty other publishers, software and hardware vendors.”