Posted by Marcus Antonius - June 1, 2010. in html , mobile
The Norwegian software developer Opera has high hopes the combination of mobile browsers and HTML5 language that will allow web applications to better compete with native programs, according to the co-founder, John von Tetzchner.
Currently, the combination of diverse operating systems and native applications on smartphones is bad both for consumers and developers, von Tetzchner said in an interview. For consumers, it makes it harder to migrate to a new machine with different operating system, if one wants to keep their applications, developers have almost always have to start from scratch when they create applications for different platforms.
Use the web becomes an antidote to these two issues and, like Google, Opera is betting that HTML5 will make web-based applications more competitive compared to native applications. The browser was not designed for building applications, but the arrival of HTML5 changes this scenario, according to von Tetzchner. Read more ...
Posted by Marcus Antonius - April 11, 2010. on google
To try to avoid a little iPad, which was released on Saturday, let's talk about something amazing that Google made the team. With 20% of free time that Google provides for its employees nerds, some engineers ported the game Quake II to HTML5, using the Google Web Toolkit.
To run in the browser, the Quake II uses technology WebGL in conjunction with the Canvas API, audio elements HTML5 local storage API and WebSockets. Modern browsers like Chrome and Safari, are able to run it, reaching even 60 frames per second.
Posted by Marcus Antonius - August 11, 2009. in html
The next generation of the primary language of the web is already giving the guys, with examples showing that the next generation of sites will be much more accessible, lively and beautiful thanks to HTML 5. This example of the HTML 5 is sensational. It seems, at first sight what was done with Flash or Silverlight, but is pure HTML.
One advantage is that HTML is a language free, and you can see how this example was made through the source code.
Remember that you need to have Safari 4, Firefox 3.5 or Opera 10 to execute it correctly.
The Norwegian software developer Opera has high hopes the combination of mobile browsers and HTML5 language that will allow web applications to better compete with native programs, according to the co-founder, John von Tetzchner. 
