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Hard Truths About HTML5

Posted by Soulskill on from the does-not-julienne-fries dept.

snydeq writes "Peter Wayner discusses a number of hard truths Web developers must accept in making the most of HTML5 — especially those who are looking to leverage HTML5 in hopes of unseating native apps. 'The truth is, despite its powerful capabilities, HTML5 isn't the solution for every problem. Its additional features are compelling and will help make Web apps formidable competitors for native apps, but security issues, limitations of local data storage, synchronization challenges, and politics should have us all scaling back our expectations for the spec.'"

2 of 265 comments (clear)

  1. Re:HTML numbering scheme by Canazza · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're not dropping numbers.

    Mozilla just stole them.

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    It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for being subtle.
  2. Re:"Software engineers" don't do web programming by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just wait until we get the ultimate XML programming language.

    <statement>
      <assignment>
        <source>
          <sum>
            <term>
              <variable id="x" />
            </term>
            <term>
              <constant type="int" value="1" />
            </term>
          </sum>
        </source>
        <destination>
          <variable id="x" />
        </destination>
      </assignment>
    </statement><!-- x=x+1 -->

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.