Google Voice is delivered as an HTML5 web app and ReadWriteWeb asks: is it good enough?
A tumblog about the browser engine built into Safari, Chrome, iPhone, Palm Pre, and Android.
Written by David Kaneda, Creative Director at Ext JS. Submissions welcome.
Written by David Kaneda, Creative Director at Ext JS. Submissions welcome.
Latest from @WebKitBits:
Introducing Web SQL Databases
The Web SQL database API isn’t actually part of the HTML5 specification, but it is part of the suite of specifications that allows us developers to build fully fledged web applications, so it’s about time we dig in and check it out.
A demo of the new Google Chrome for Mac beta which supports extensions and bookmark syncing.
“Every major mobile platform is now either using WebKit or will be soon. Except for one.”John Gruber, on RIM’s new WebKit-based browser, the one obvious holdout being Windows Mobile. (via jimray)
We’re Ready for CSS3, but are we Ready for CSS3?
Jonathan Christopher walks through some of his favorite CSS3 features, like border-radius, text-shadow, and multiple background images, before diving into his real thesis: The usefulness of these features when dealing with real-world clients.
“If you’ve wondered why there haven’t been many Gears releases or posts on the Gears blog lately, it’s because we’ve shifted our effort towards bringing all of the Gears capabilities into web standards like HTML5.”Ian Fette, Gears Team, Hello HTML5
“The reality is different. W3C Working Groups are battlegrounds where ‘Pay To Play’ combatants fight war without end for their own or their employer’s (those big business entities that fund the W3C) agendas to succeed. These mercenaries care little for the needs of web designers or developers. We are civilian populations caught up in the fighting.”Andy Clarke, Keep calm and carry on (with HTML5)
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