State of the web - HTML5
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- fyoucher10
Re: boobs
iphone user: I don't use iOS 'apps' really. I'm at a desk most of the day and use the desktop then. Only use another device (iPhone/iPad) when I'm NOT at my desk (typically when I'm in bed). I actually surf the web MORE on my phone than my ipad, not anywhere near my desktop usage though. You mentioned people probably don't use their phone to surf the web. Me and my wife actually do the exact opposite. Perhaps the typical web-user actually does use their phone to surf. Actually, now that I have a MBP laptop freed up, I'm not using my iPad at all. My laptop is faster, sits up by itself (unlike an iPad) and has a bigger screen (for when I like to watch TV online). My phone is small, with me all the time, and either runs off of WiFi or my grandfathered unlimited AT&T plan. It's easy to pick up, put somewhere (or drop under the sheets) when I'm done, etc. It's convenient and that's why I surf with it a lot. Websites do suck when they're that small but I've learned to deal with it. It's not that bad of an experience IMO. I actually dislike mobile versions of websites, simply because it's either more clicks to get to what I want, or it's missing half the features that the full-on site has. I also don't like how I pass a link from my iphone to view on my desktop the next day, and then has a massive pixelated mobile version of the page to look at on my desktop, or I have to switch to the full version and search for what I was looking for on my phone. So I'm not a big fan of mobile versions of sites I guess.Personally, I don't think tablets will be here for that much longer or get as popular as folks think they may. Laptops are getting lighter, smaller, and faster. I don't want to have to hold a tablet or bring along a stand for it to be able to prop itself up. Tablets are cool and all, but that's because they're a new gadget. But that's just my opinion. Only time will tell I guess.
- fadein110
Flash is dead - deal with it - let it go.
HTML5/CSS/Javascript - that is all.
Learn it and let the SWF go... PLEASE.- why? conformity doesn't solve anyone's problems (except for a few corporate entities, possibly)SteveJobs
- i'm actually indifferent as i don't really do as much hands-on web development, but the principal matters to me.SteveJobs
- Conformity (when it comes to the web) solves most problems - prob best to stay pout of this one youngling.fadein11
- formed0
Flash is back??!?! Woohoo!!
- Pupsipu0
Didn't Android drop support for Flash plugin in browsers? Or Adobe gave up on it?
So wether Flash runs well or not, no one wants to spend the effort to support it. The effort would be better spent elsewhere.
- Adobe stopped development on a mobile Flash platform. Yeah, they gave up, basically.monospaced
- But it's alive and well on the desktop, and I see it making a comeback when mobile devices are mroe robustmonospaced
- mono don't be such fan boy tool bag. Adobe supported it for some time. until they realize that peopleHombre_Lobo
- care more about owning apple products than flash. Apples market share beat adobe.Hombre_Lobo
- BabySnakes0
Your web site/web application needs to work cross browser; cross device; cross input methods. It needs to respond to the user and not the designs' preferred method of browsing.
- boobs0
I don't think you can reach every single user out there. Because that would mean sites should just be plain text, with no Javascript or images. Because people can turn off Javascript and images.
I think what people need to look at, and decide, is how much effort to put into reaching the last 4 or 5 percent of users out there who are on poor connections, with out-of-date browsers.
Because it can take an enormous amount of effort to reach those last few users. Communication is something of a two-way street. And if someone out there is still on an 386 computer running Explorer 2.0, or whatever, and just using a 14kbaud connection, they've indicated that they don't really want to participate in communication.