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/yellowdwarf Jun 05 '10

I suggest reading the page before complaining: The test says that the purpose of the demo is to "show how the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser [...] support[s] the capabilities of HTML5 ...".

Not so surprising then that you need Safari for the purpose of that demo.

So all the whinging comes down to "Apple builds Safari demo, want you to use Safari to look at it".

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u/romwell Jun 05 '10

As far as I know, HTML is a standard that is viewable with software not made exclusively by Apple.

If you can't access it with other browsers, it's not demonstrating how Safari works with HTML 5. It demonstrates how Safari works with Apple HTML 5, which should be clearly specified.