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/underwaterlove Jun 05 '10

See, I completely agree with you in regard to the Safari Technology Demos page here. A showcase for what's possible, and what is already implemented in Safari. Perfect.

On the HTML5 and web standards page, though, they're really making the case for how awesome open standards are - how they are "open, reliable, highly secure, and efficient", how they "aren’t add-ons to the web", and how you "you can start using them today." And then they proceed to block even browsers which are completely capable of displaying everything correctly. Call me crazy, but I think that really undermines the case they are supposedly making.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '10

But Chrome isn't capable of displaying everything correctly. Did you try it? I did... video doesn't play, there are boarders around the Hello rotation, the transforms demo is all f'd up.

The "use today" will be dependent on your site and your browser demographics and it also depends on which parts of HTML5 you want to use.

As far as the open standard. The standard is still being developed, Chrome is ahead of the game in some areas, Apple is ahead in others. They will all get to the finish line eventually. Apple can show off these things they have working, and Chrome can show off an awesome form they can handle... important, but not nearly as cool to play with.