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This is cool, however, I'd say HTML5 has a bright future regarding web-based apps, or apps with a specific use case where you pull some data and display it in a

by level09 14y ago

This is cool, however, I'd say HTML5 has a bright future regarding web-based apps, or apps with a specific use case where you pull some data and display it in a list/table view etc .. HTML5 will never be as capable as native if you have many other use cases (ex: image/video processing, music recognition ) ..

jbail 14y ago
"HTML5 will never be as capabable as native..." I think its very possible to imagine a world where HTML5 can be just as good as native. It comes down to two things: 1) HTML5 needs more JavaScript APIs to access hardware like camera, contacts, etc. It's is not very difficult to imagine HTML6 (if you will) supporting this in much the same way that it supports geolocation today. 2) Improved JavaScript performance. It's common knowledge that the embedded web views on iOS are much less capable than Safari. There's no reason to think this would continue forever. Furthermore, better JavaScript performance makes things like image progressing, music recognition possible. Right now, you are absolutely correct that HTML5 is not as capable as native. No argument there. But, this gap narrows as time goes on. I firmly believe the opposite of you; we will eventually see a time when web-based applications rival native apps in terms of power and functionality. You can already do some awesome image processing stuff using canvas and JavaScript. This is only the beginning...
- camus 14y ago
  3) ditch javascript and replace it with a better language...
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  1 is more or less already here. Both Chrome and Mozilla are working on it and collaborating on specifications: WebRTC, Mouse lock, Fullscreen, low level Audio creation, MediaSource API for appendByte() style free-for-all video. It's already becoming easier to build interactive rich applications with web technologies. Frankly, most people aren't paying enough attention.
- dotborg 14y ago
  The idea of HTML5 is to avoid using JS in your app.

by level09 14y ago

jbail 14y ago

"HTML5 will never be as capabable as native..." I think its very possible to imagine a world where HTML5 can be just as good as native. It comes down to two things: 1) HTML5 needs more JavaScript APIs to access hardware like camera, contacts, etc. It's is not very difficult to imagine HTML6 (if you will) supporting this in much the same way that it supports geolocation today. 2) Improved JavaScript performance. It's common knowledge that the embedded web views on iOS are much less capable than Safari. There's no reason to think this would continue forever. Furthermore, better JavaScript performance makes things like image progressing, music recognition possible. Right now, you are absolutely correct that HTML5 is not as capable as native. No argument there. But, this gap narrows as time goes on. I firmly believe the opposite of you; we will eventually see a time when web-based applications rival native apps in terms of power and functionality. You can already do some awesome image processing stuff using canvas and JavaScript. This is only the beginning...

camus 14y ago
3) ditch javascript and replace it with a better language...
drivebyacct2 14y ago
1 is more or less already here. Both Chrome and Mozilla are working on it and collaborating on specifications: WebRTC, Mouse lock, Fullscreen, low level Audio creation, MediaSource API for appendByte() style free-for-all video. It's already becoming easier to build interactive rich applications with web technologies. Frankly, most people aren't paying enough attention.
dotborg 14y ago
The idea of HTML5 is to avoid using JS in your app.