SublimeVideo, a beautiful HTML5 video player from Jilion, now supports Gecko/Firefox. Note that the WebKit implementation is still a bit more functional, though the team expects the two to be identical when Firefox 3.7 is released.
SublimeVideo, a beautiful HTML5 video player from Jilion, now supports Gecko/Firefox. Note that the WebKit implementation is still a bit more functional, though the team expects the two to be identical when Firefox 3.7 is released.
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.
“‘Good enough’ is not good enough on the iPhone.”John Gruber counters Peter-Paul Koch’s recent article regarding the viability of commercial web apps on the iPhone.
Smashing Magazine has a great roundup posts of iPhone-optimized websites. Includes some of my favorites, like Nike Lab and Volkswagen.
The new beta of jQTouch is ready for download with a ton of enhancements and fixes. For those who don’t know, jQTouch is a jQuery plugin which helps create immersive experiences on the iPhone and iPod Touch. New in beta 2:
- 8 core page animations (including several 3d options) and the ability to easily add your own. See the animations running like butter in a demo video.
- Support for custom extensions, including 4 built-in sample extensions for geo location, offline support, a “floaty” menu, and automatic title creation.
- A public object now allows you to manipulate jQTouch dynamically with functions like
goTo(),goBack(), andsubmitForm().- A “fast touch” feature is enabled by default, improving responsiveness up to 500% in some cases.
Check out the new preview on your iPhone and download a copy to play with today!
Steve Smith shows how to fix the bulky sub-pixel text rendering in Snow Leopard’s Safari, now that the text-shadow trick no longer works.
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