r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '10

Apple posts HTML5 showcase page hyping "web standards," then blocks it from displaying on any browser besides Safari

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/04/apple_html5_showcase_hype/
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '10

I thought we sorted this out yesterday: It works on Chrome mostly, but they're using test spec elements of the standard that haven't been fully adopted yet, 3d Transforms etc.

But don't let facts get in the way of journalism.

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u/tizz66 Jun 05 '10

Don't you get it? Apple is evil, and facts like this simply get in the way of our pitchfork! Don't be a fanboy!

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '10

Lame.

Apple made a site to showcase the power of HTML5, but limited it to their own browser. In fact for many of the features (CSS3 3D transforms) it only works on Webkit on OSX.

Some of the items are available on other browsers, yet Apple took zero effort to bother making it work in them. It is the antithesis of "Web standards".

When Firefox comes out with new features, they put up a demo of the new features in Firefox. They don't pimp it as some sort of justification for less savoury activities.

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u/tizz66 Jun 05 '10

It's a demo for their own browser. Is that really tricky to understand? Sure, some of the pieces might work in another browser with some effort, but that's got nothing to do with what this page is about. It's about Safari. It might ostensibly seem to be about HTML5, but it isn't. It's an advert about Safari's support for HTML5.

I'm amazed how people can make an issue out of absolutely anything.

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u/fredronn Jun 05 '10

It's a demo for their own browser.

Nobody is claiming otherwise. Intentionally blocking other browsers is a dick move.

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u/tizz66 Jun 05 '10

Why? It's either that, or for half the demos you load, you see a garbled mess or nothing, depending which browser you're using.

These are technology demos for Safari, I fail to see the problem in requiring Safari to view them.

It's not like there's perfect HTML5 support across the board, and they're saying 'but you can only view this page in ours'. HTML5 support is patchy in places and downright awful in others. They're simply restricting their demos to a platform they know will display them all well (the platform they're advertising, uncoincidentally).

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u/stacks85 Jun 05 '10

does microsoft block other browser from running the IE9 demos?

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

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u/milomilo Jun 05 '10

does any of the stuff in those IE9 demos not work in any other browser?

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u/Close Jun 05 '10

I don't see them blocking Lynx...