“HTML5, which updates the HTML specification to accommodate modern Web applications, has gained a lot of adherents in vendors like Microsoft, Google, and Apple,” Paul Krill reports for InfoWorld.
MacDailyNews Take: Paul, in case you missed it, there’s a new world order. Learn it. Know it. Live it: “Apple, Google, Microsoft.” It’s even alphabetical.
Krill continues, “But the specification is plain [sic] not ready yet for deployment to websites, an official with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees HTML5, stressed this week. ‘The problem we’re facing right now is there is already a lot of excitement for HTML5, but it’s a little too early to deploy it because we’re running into interoperability issues,’ including differences between video on devices, said the official, Philippe Le Hegaret, W3C interaction domain leader. He is responsible for specifications like HTML and SVG.”
“Le Hegaret acknowledged HTML5 is viewed as a ‘game changer.’ Companies now can deploy HTML5 in their applications or in intranets where a rendering engine can be controlled, said Le Hegaret,” Krill reports. “But it is a different story on the ‘open Web'” where interoperability is an issue, he added. ‘What’s happening is the industry is realizing that HTML5 is going to be real,’ said Le Hegaret.”
Krill reports, “Apple has positioned HTML5 as a replacement for Adobe’s Flash rich Internet technology. But Flash and similar technologies, such as Microsoft Silverlight, still have a place, Le Hegaret said.”
MacDailyNews Take: What’s that, grinding processors to a halt, providing malware vectors, draining batteries, being proprietary and closed, or something else equally wonderful?
Krill continues, “It will take years before all Web clients support HTML5, he said. He cited Microsoft’s IE6 browser as an example of popular client not supporting the standard. ‘IE6 is still being used on the Web today, and it is 10 years old.’ Over time, however, HTML5 will become the standard for websites, he said. ‘You will see less and less websites using Flash,’ said Le Hegaret.”
“Meanwhile, HTML5 is headed toward final approval in two to three years,” Krill reports. “HTML5 development was begun in 2004 by the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group.”
MacDailyNews Take: Fast-tracked. Molasses-like legal proceedings involving blatant patent infringement move faster.
Krill continues, “Digital rights management also is not supported in HTML5, Le Hegarete said. This means some video producers will not deploy their videos in HTML5 without this type of protection, he said. HTML5 is an open standard, presenting a problem for DRM. ‘If we are going to develop a solution for DRM which is open, it would be broken by a hacker within two days,’ he said. ‘There is no point of us doing that.’ There is a possibility for DRM in HTML5 at some point, however, but it is not in the plan at the moment, said Le Hegaret.”
MacDailyNews Take: Yet another reason why Steve Jobs wants videos to use HTML5, not Flash. No DRM means convenience for customers, which means more content sales, which leads directly to more device sales; where the healthy margins are, at least for Apple.
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“HTML5 as a replacement for Adobe’s Flash rich Internet technology. ” lets see, using his words, he really really likes Flash. And everyone else should kiss his butt.
Just a thought,
en
“HTML5 as a replacement for Adobe’s Flash rich Internet technology. ” lets see, using his words, he really really likes Flash. And everyone else should kiss his butt.
Just a thought,
en
Hackers will break DRM anyway.
It only serves as an obstacle for those of us who would choose to use it honestly.
A pirate will always find a way to be a pirate.
Hackers will break DRM anyway.
It only serves as an obstacle for those of us who would choose to use it honestly.
A pirate will always find a way to be a pirate.
“Hackers will break DRM anyway.”
Note that while someone managed to break the DRM for video streaming in Flash Player 9, I’m not aware of any hacks made to Adobe’s Flash Player DRM for versions 10 and 10.1. As there’s not a lot of incentive for pirates keep hacking the Flash Player, when most content can be found elsewhere easier. Despite that the content can be found elsewhere, content owners don’t want to create a new venue for users to easily get that content (right click on any HTML5 video elmenent and then click “Save video as…”. Also the window that their hack will last is really small, when Adobe has major updates to Flash Player every 18 months and minor security updates every few months.
“Hackers will break DRM anyway.”
Note that while someone managed to break the DRM for video streaming in Flash Player 9, I’m not aware of any hacks made to Adobe’s Flash Player DRM for versions 10 and 10.1. As there’s not a lot of incentive for pirates keep hacking the Flash Player, when most content can be found elsewhere easier. Despite that the content can be found elsewhere, content owners don’t want to create a new venue for users to easily get that content (right click on any HTML5 video elmenent and then click “Save video as…”. Also the window that their hack will last is really small, when Adobe has major updates to Flash Player every 18 months and minor security updates every few months.
Is there a WYSIWYG application for the Canvas element that eliminates the need for Flash animation yet?
And no, I am not a troll. I am someone studying web design. I am trying to learn Javascript but I am concerned about making animation (like in cartoons), like I can in Flash.
Is there a WYSIWYG application for the Canvas element that eliminates the need for Flash animation yet?
And no, I am not a troll. I am someone studying web design. I am trying to learn Javascript but I am concerned about making animation (like in cartoons), like I can in Flash.
@rjcylon
no and there should not be flash is soposed to do what an nsview on the mac (or a uiview on the iphone) does for javascript
there are, howerver what you see is what you get vecter graphic manipulation tools many of which can export to S.V.G. which sounds closer to what your looking for
@rjcylon
no and there should not be flash is soposed to do what an nsview on the mac (or a uiview on the iphone) does for javascript
there are, howerver what you see is what you get vecter graphic manipulation tools many of which can export to S.V.G. which sounds closer to what your looking for
erm.. when I said flash I meant canvas.. sorry I was typing too fast 🙁
erm.. when I said flash I meant canvas.. sorry I was typing too fast 🙁
That’s the thing. No one wants DR fucking M. Don’t destroy HTML 5 with crap like that…
That’s the thing. No one wants DR fucking M. Don’t destroy HTML 5 with crap like that…