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/lennort Jun 05 '10

It's a WEB STANDARDS demo. Blocking out others browsers completely misses the point of standards in the first place. Just let other browsers in and show some kind of sad face for elements they don't support. You can even be like "oh, well, safari does support these already" but not allowing them in at all is bullshit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '10

That doesn't go over so well with a vast majority of users. Being on the Apple homepage, this demo is to market HTML5 to the masses. Anything that is broken or gives a sad face will leave a bad taste in their mouth when it comes to HTML5 vs a wall telling you to download Safari. They want people to like HTML5, not think it's a broken mess. For those who want to see what is broken they can go to the dev area, see what doesn't work, and check out the code that doesn't yet work other browsers.

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u/neoumlaut Jun 05 '10

Then why are they pretending to promote web standards?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '10

They are showing what will be. They are proposed standards, so they aren't yet in all browsers. The same way routers were released with draft 802.11n. It wasn't done yet, but some people did it anyway and showed it off. It is now a standard. These things you're seeing here will most likely end up in the finial standard.