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using CSS3 to generate compliant HTML files A significant chunk of the CSS is vendor-specific. Similarly, the HTML contains Apple-only attributes and segments
by btn 17y ago
using CSS3 to generate compliant HTML files
A significant chunk of the CSS is vendor-specific. Similarly, the HTML contains Apple-only attributes and segments designed to only be interpreted by iTunes. Neither the HTML nor CSS is "compliant" (ie. validating).
to a HTML file you can view in any browser
Except it's completely broken in anything but WebKit-based browsers, and isn't functional outside of iTunes.
They've moved from proprietary XML to proprietary HTML. This doesn't open up any new doors for third-parties; it's just a convenience for the people at Apple to design new content for the store.
- tewks 17y agoThis design choice is significant because most of these properties, or their equivalents, will be or are already implemented in several CSS3 rendering engines: it's a great demonstration of what we will soon be able to do with cross-browser support. The fact that IE or browser x can't browse the iTunes store is less important than some other tactics on Apple's part such as lack of non Apple device support...
- rimantas 17y agoThey are using http://www.apple.com/itms/ http://www.apple.com/itms/ namespace, not the w3c one. It does not make much sense for XHTML1.1, but trying to validate their markup is not making any more sense either.