Html 5
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Opera: Web standards could eclipse Flash
News Chief executive Jon von Tetzchner says HTML 5 means Adobe's ubiquitous Flash platform will no longer be necessary for delivering rich media.
Tags: Web browsers, Programming languages, Adobe Systems Inc., Rich Media, Web Browser, Browser Company, W3C, Standards, API, multimedia
Openness unlocking Web's power
Insight perspective Accessibility and open standards have helped build the Web and remain central to its development, says Opera executive.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Standards, Open source, Apple Inc., Patent, Web Browser, Video, Standards
After 5 years, Firefox faces new challenges
Insight Mozilla helped reshape the Web since releasing Firefox 1.0 five years ago. Now it's got a reawakened Microsoft and Google Chrome to reckon with.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web browsers, Open Source, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., software, Web 2.0, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp.
Google praises Microsoft's HTML 5 thoughts
News After years of silence on the emerging HTML 5 standard, Microsoft threw its hat in the ring a month ago, and Google is appreciative of its suggestions.
Tags: Business applications, Web Browser, Video, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Search, Ars Technica, HTML, HTML 5
Will new browsers really upgrade the Web?
News The latest browsers sport many hot new features. But the avant-garde must reckon with inconsistent standards and slow adoption.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Web Application, Adobe Systems Inc., HTML, Web Developer, video, Web browsers, HTML 5
Five HTML oddities that you may not know
Techguide Browsers are more compliant than Web developers think--find out why, as well as what other nuggets of insights from an industry observer's experience with HTML 5.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Protocols and platforms, Specification, Web Browser, HTML 4, XHTML, DOCTYPE, compliance, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'
News Founder of Mozilla Europe claims Adobe and Microsoft's rich-media tech threatens the open nature of the Web, but concedes they are currently necessary for multimedia content.
Tags: Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, software, Adobe Systems Inc., multimedia, Linux
New standard lets browsers get a grip on files
News The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores. It's largely built into Firefox 3.6.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., File, Web-based Application, Web Browser, Photo-sharing, W3C, Mozilla Corp., Web Application
Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest
News Developer of the market-leading browser has become more actively engaged in hashing out many details of a proposed revamp of the Web page standard.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Web sites, Apple Inc., Web Page, Web Browser, W3C, Mozilla Corp., Web Application, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web
Stable version of Chrome 3.0 released
News Google has completed work on a stable version of its Chrome browser, officially adding support for new Web video technologies and tweaking a few key features.
Tags: Web browsers, Sergey Brin, Plug-in, Web Browser, Video, Apple Macintosh, I/O, co-founder, Netbook, Web browsers
Apple gets higher profile in HTML standardization
News Group standardizing the fast-changing language of Web pages now has three leaders, and an Apple manager occupies the new seat.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Browser Company, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, Web Application, co-chair, Web
Rival browsers gain on Internet Explorer
News Firefox's gain is responsible for the bulk of IE's loss in the worldwide browser usage changes from July to August.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Application, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox, Web, Web browsers, HTML
With IE 9, Microsoft fights back in browser wars
News By showing first glimpses of technology in Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft also showing it's serious about building competitive browser.
Tags: Web browsers, Acceleration Feature, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Microsoft Internet Explorer, performance, Hardware, JavaScript
Google speeds up Chrome
News New beta gives the browser a 30 percent speed improvement, HTML 5 functionality and visual tweak.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Document Object Model, Video, JavaScript, Web Address, blog, Automatic Update, Web, Web browsers
New Chrome beta reflects bigger Google challenge
News Google has moved several features to its more beta version of Chrome. Next up: moving beyond the early adopters.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Page, Web Browser, Apple Mac OS X, Video, Google Chrome, Apple Mac OS, Beta, DNS, JavaScript
