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Sigh. How did a markup language get pit against a vector-based animation plugin? I know that literally it is not, and that we're talking about canvas here, but
by coderdude 16y ago
Sigh. How did a markup language get pit against a vector-based animation plugin? I know that literally it is not, and that we're talking about canvas here, but the Web is being flooded by this misinformation. I can't even think of analogy for what this is akin to.
Edit: I just thought about this, but SVG qualifies as a markup language. So it's not inconceivable for a markup language to compete (at least in part) with Flash, just in this particular case it is erroneous.
- wmf 16y agoFlash is hardly a vector-based animation plugin, although animation and video do comprise 99% of its usage. Likewise, HTML5 is not just canvas; it's <video>, <audio>, websocket, local storage, etc.
- coderdude 16y agoI think you've made a good point there. Coupled with JavaScript, perhaps HTML5 as a whole can in fact present itself as competition for all that Flash does.