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That's good news, WebSockets is probably the second coolest thing to come out of the HTML5 movement, right after WebGL I think. Everything else is cool and all

by nkassis 15y ago

That's good news, WebSockets is probably the second coolest thing to come out of the HTML5 movement, right after WebGL I think. Everything else is cool and all but those two are major changes.

david927 15y ago
I'm also happy and couldn't agree more, but I would make it more generic: Canvas/WebGL is the huge change. And I would add Local Storage as a distant third to WebSockets' strong second. The rest is fun but not game changing.
- palish 15y ago
  Local Storage is limited to 5MB, which cripples the ability of indie game developers to effectively use WebGL as an alternative deployment platform.
  - nextparadigms 15y ago
    It has unlimited storage if you use Chrome's Webstore. I suppose it will just take a while before the other browsers can figure out how to implement it the right way for more than 5 MB of storage.
    - asadotzler 15y ago
      Other browsers have figured it out. Other browsers had it figured out before there was a Chrome Webstore.
  - windsurfer 15y ago
    You will be able to ask the user for more than 5MB.
  - azakai 15y ago
    > Local Storage is limited to 5MB You can store a lot more than that in IndexedDB. The browser asks the user every 20MB or so.
- nkassis 15y ago
  Yeah that's true, Canvas is a huge win also. I use both extensively for my current work project. The File Api is also pretty awesome, I'd tie it up to local storage. In the field (Medical imaging) I'm in, allowing users to load data from their computer with no round trip to the server is very important. It helps for security reasons.
ericflo 15y ago
I disagree, I think that history.pushState is the most important thing.
- Skalman 15y ago
  There's a difference between cool and important. pushState isn't that cool as we can almost do the same thing without it (#!), but web sockets are a whole new concept. That said, for sites that don't constantly update, pushState will be more useful than web sockets.
- extension 15y ago
  ...because history.pushState is what makes it ok to use all the other cool stuff.

by nkassis 15y ago

That's good news, WebSockets is probably the second coolest thing to come out of the HTML5 movement, right after WebGL I think. Everything else is cool and all but those two are major changes.

david927 15y ago

I'm also happy and couldn't agree more, but I would make it more generic: Canvas/WebGL is the huge change. And I would add Local Storage as a distant third to WebSockets' strong second. The rest is fun but not game changing.

palish 15y ago
Local Storage is limited to 5MB, which cripples the ability of indie game developers to effectively use WebGL as an alternative deployment platform.
- nextparadigms 15y ago
  It has unlimited storage if you use Chrome's Webstore. I suppose it will just take a while before the other browsers can figure out how to implement it the right way for more than 5 MB of storage.
  - asadotzler 15y ago
    Other browsers have figured it out. Other browsers had it figured out before there was a Chrome Webstore.
- windsurfer 15y ago
  You will be able to ask the user for more than 5MB.
- azakai 15y ago
  > Local Storage is limited to 5MB You can store a lot more than that in IndexedDB. The browser asks the user every 20MB or so.
nkassis 15y ago
Yeah that's true, Canvas is a huge win also. I use both extensively for my current work project. The File Api is also pretty awesome, I'd tie it up to local storage. In the field (Medical imaging) I'm in, allowing users to load data from their computer with no round trip to the server is very important. It helps for security reasons.

ericflo 15y ago

I disagree, I think that history.pushState is the most important thing.

Skalman 15y ago
There's a difference between cool and important. pushState isn't that cool as we can almost do the same thing without it (#!), but web sockets are a whole new concept. That said, for sites that don't constantly update, pushState will be more useful than web sockets.
extension 15y ago
...because history.pushState is what makes it ok to use all the other cool stuff.