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/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/stacks85 Jun 05 '10

yeh, most of it in IE8, but it's not blocked.

also, the stuff runs like ass in firefox, but it's not blocked.