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For a transition strategy, I think the browser makers should make an HTML5 plugin that's as easy to install as the flash player. Therefore web application deve
by kqr2 17y ago
For a transition strategy, I think the browser makers should make an HTML5 plugin that's as easy to install as the flash player.
Therefore web application developers can have more confidence in developing with HTML5 since it will work on legacy browsers.
- mcav 17y agoMaybe a really annoying "upgrade your browser" message that doesn't ever go away?
- ROFISH 17y agoSafari 3.1 already supported most things (4 is still missing WebSockets). Firefox 3.5 (out soon) is a massive update to add missing HTML5 features and their updates are automatic and very transparent. You can start doing HTML5 today and be assured that a nontrivial portion of your audience will support it out-of-box when 3.5 rolls around.
- buugs 17y agoYou kind of missed the point... html 5 isn't going to hit it big if it only has that portion they need to be easily accessible to the entire audience.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoThat's what Google Gears is. There's also been various talks about replacing the Javascript engine in IE (ScreamingMonkey project), ActiveX video/audio players using Ogg codecs, Google's got a project to implement Canvas in IE and an unreleased one implemeting SVG using IE's VML support etc. A surprising number of things can be achieved with Javascript shims.