Category Archives: HTML5

Sy Choudhury, “Future of Mobile Computing”, DevCon5

Notes from Sy Choudhury, Qualcomm, “Future of Mobile Computing”, DevCon5 Makers of Snapdragon processors. Sy declares the javascript performance problem officially solved [we agree] Cool demos of optimized HTML5 canvas performance for GUImarks in their prototype hardware; 60 FPS with … Continue reading

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David Kaneda, “Web, Native”, DevCon5

Notes from David Kaneda, “Web, Native”, DevCon5 cool contrast between early wikipedia page versus Sencha touch app running in mobile browser most of the world’s traffic stop signs are red and octagonal form follows function: craigslist is really ugly and … Continue reading

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Andrew Lunny, “Anatomy of an App”, Adobe / PhoneGap

Notes from Andrew Lunny’s talk, “Anatomy of an App”, Adobe/PhoneGap “Native versus HTML5” is not the distinction you should worry about. “Is your App a citizen or a tourist?” Is your App a jerk or a non-jerk? Citizens are responsible, … Continue reading

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Peter Lubbers, “Connectivity features of HTML5”, DevCon5

Notes from Peter Lubbers’s talk, “Connectivity features of HTML5”, DevCon5 [He’s the guy with the ‘HTML5’ license plate in California] Peter shows a very cool demo of impress.js being controlled live using websockets from his phone to the presentation machine. … Continue reading

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birdwalker.com and the difference between Apps and Websites

For my first six months of working at Mozilla on our Apps ecosystem, I would tell everyone that HTML5 developers should have an easy time getting their stuff into our Marketplace, because “it’s just the web”. And there are lots … Continue reading

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