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HTML5 takes the internet by storm
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostPut simply it means that there's now much less chance that customers visiting a website will come across a black hole in the middle of the page, or get endless prompts to "download a plug-in" which may take several minutes to install.
By then it is often too late. The consumer has already clicked on a competitor's website.
"Once HTML5 is used everywhere, customers visiting a website will come across an endless barrage of unwanted adverts, sound and video which may take several minutes to download and play before they can see the site's real content.
By then it is often too late. The consumer has already clicked on a competitor's website."
Have to larf:People will know what ingredients they have in their refrigerator and keep track of it using an HTML5 app on the screen
Aaron Gustafson AuthorLast edited by Sysman; 8 May 2012, 13:58.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostI'm sure there are cases where you must do a package and install, but I'm not sure I agree that this is the 'general' case. Perhaps you have more complex stuff in mind. An 'install' need only consist of storing an HTML file containing HTML and Javascript, with no need to point to a URL.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostExactly. I have somewhere got a bunch of documentation which is stashed as HTML / Javascript and it works perfectly well offline.
Or if a folder is too complicated, an HTML manifest will cache stuff:
6.7 Offline Web applicationsComment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostI still use TABLEs in my HTML...Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
Bye-Bye Flash?
Like Silverlake or whatever it's called, or is that .Net? (I should know - It's on my CV )Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostYippee - Another skill I've been meaning to get up to speed on and practice, but can now forget about.
Like Silverlake or whatever it's called, or is that .Net? (I should know - It's on my CV )
I've seen it offered as an optional install dozens of time in Windows Update (but not recently). I think I've only found one web page outside Microsoft.com that asked me to download it, and I was surfing on a Linux system at the time so didn't bother.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Silverlight is used by Netflix, which is kind of a big deal. However I don't think it's a tech I'd look at learning, it's clearly not going that way... unless you make it a niche.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostYou mean Silverlight?
I've seen it offered as an optional install dozens of time in Windows Update (but not recently). I think I've only found one web page outside Microsoft.com that asked me to download it, and I was surfing on a Linux system at the time so didn't bother.
I was thinking of Adobe AIR though; but a quick search reveals that Adobe Edge is the new heir apparent (or in this case AIR apparent)
Truly it was said by the prophet "Many are called, few are chosen"Last edited by OwlHoot; 8 May 2012, 14:37.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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