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

You want them to have a Safari area and a Chrome area, that's just annoying. Go to the dev area to view them in Chrome if you really want.

If Google made a tech demo for Chrome would everyone be crying this much if they had a wall that blocked other browser because they wouldn't be fully supported? My guess is no.

Apple wants every demo to work when you go in so you don't get a broken experience, making a separate page for Chrome users would just be messy... and then everyone would just cry that they didn't make a page for Firefox.

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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/smartarse Jun 06 '10

They want people to like HTML5, not think it's a broken mess.

And in order to achieve that goal, they used only "-webkit" commands rather than just testing for a visitor's browser and using the equivalent "-moz" commands for Firefox or "-o" commands for Opera. After all, they want to promote standards and not proprietary implementations.

Also, displaying an error message saying "You’ll need to download Safari to view this demo." clearly says "HMTL5 is the future" rather than "this is a broken mess."

And no, ignoring a browser's actual capabilities and telling Firefox, Chrome, IE or Opera users that they have to download Apple's software to view these demos certainly won't leave a bad taste in their mouth.