VentureBeat discusses the pending JooJoo release, and includes a brief interview with JooJoo’s CEO:
- VentureBeat: What browser does it use?
- Chandrasekar Rathakrishnan: We use a WebKit-based browser, to which we’ve added our own branding.
- VB: Does it support Flash?
- CR: Yes.
“CSS3 is where things are headed, and portions of it are here now. It’s not all or nothing, either. Sprinkle CSS3 in. Don’t tell your boss or client. Have fun with it, prototype with it, embrace it. Don’t be afraid to start using CSS3 right now.”Dan Cederholm, Up Late with CSS3, and Loving It!
Jay Robinson posts a great comparison between WebKit’s Web Inspector and Firefox’s Firebug extension.
A very comprehensive list of selectors, CSS3 features, and HTML5 elements featured on the iPhone.
“Apparently, the touchstart event object persists in browser memory even when the event has long ended. More importantly, it continues to be updated with information about the current touch action.”PPK details a discovery that could have a huge impact for mobile web app performance.
Anthony Calzadilla has recreated an animated Star Wars AT-AT Walker purely with CSS3. Hopefully we’ll start to see things like this being integrated into games that run purely in the browser.
Electronista cites an anonymous source at RIM as saying BlackBerry’s upcoming WebKit-based browser could be up to 30–60 percent faster than other WebKit devices, thanks to the BlackBerry Internet Service.
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