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I have this strange sort of sinking feeling that HTML5 is going to hit the open Internet in much the same way IE6 did. Every player in the game seems to be work
by debacle 14y ago
I have this strange sort of sinking feeling that HTML5 is going to hit the open Internet in much the same way IE6 did. Every player in the game seems to be working in a different direction and the browser is turning into something much more than a vehicle for content.
I know I'm not the only one who believes this is a bad thing.
- pippy 14y agoRight now that can't happen. Market share is dictating a productive environment for HTML5 that forces standard compliant behaviour. Until a browser comes out on top it's unlikely we'll see anything similar to what IE6 did to the web for sometime.
- sgentle 14y agoExcept in mobile, where webkit is the only game in town. In fact, I think we're already seeing web developers write mobile sites that only work in webkit.
- josteink 14y agoExcept Google adding whatever they feel like to Chrome and feature hungry devs pushing users to Chrome because MSIE lacks "HTML5 support", when what they mean is that they want to use last week's experimental APIs in production sites today. And only writing for webkit when doing mobile. Screw Firefox, or Opera or webstandards in general. Weehoo iPhone! (May also not break on Android) It's already a strong trend. I say the fear is justified.