Am I the only one who thinks that Twitter is created by and for morons? It's picture perfect. I can imagine a 60s novel predicting such an avenue for useless information, but the author would have not chosen to name it anything like "Twitter" because his readers wouldn't have taken him seriously.
It's only useless if you choose to make it useless. If you follow people with useless tweets and your own tweets are useless, it will be useless. But you can choose to follow people who have something interesting to say, and say interesting things yourself. You are really looking yourself in the mirror here. It says more about you than about people who use Twitter.
Would the author have named something Google, Apple or Microsoft?
They're helping standardize the standard. They're making it a reality by integrating it into webkit, and they're giving that code back to the community, so it can be included in FireFox, Chrome, and others.
The code will not be used by Firefox (or Opera). The standard is what matters. And Apple claims to support "open standards" while at the same time blocking other browsers. They are basically trying to create the impression that if you want to use HTML5, you need Safari.
If you want to complain about someone keeping web standards from happening, complain about microsoft's poor support of the standards, because they want to push Silverlight.
I have. Frequently. But this time I'm pointing out Apple's disgusting actions.
Apple is doing good, and all I ever see is a bunch of whiners complaining that they don't do this or don't do that.
All I see is a bunch of Apple apologists who can't come up with valid arguments, so they try to change the subject.
Stop repeating everything you hear and get a life.
Says the guy who mindlessly repeats everything Steve Jobs tells him to...
The comment system at Reddit simply sucks. It sucks so badly that it puts me off even going to that site. You can't even get the site to send you an e-mail when someone replies, can you?
Also, Reddit has too many articles flooding you. At least that's my impression. I feel it's easier to get a quick overview of what's new at Slashdot because there's simply less content. I don't feel as overwhelmed.
But the comment system at Reddit... That's the abomination, evil incarnate, that keeps me away.
I don't understand people that think speed limits are moral imperatives that fall on the same line as murder or arson. You people act like I just raped somebody if I want to go 55 in a 50 mile an hour zone.
That's the most idiotic thing I've heard all day. What the hell is wrong with you? Just because someone says he thinks people should obey the speed limit doesn't mean he equates breaking it with rape or murder.
Yes, the goal is to create the impression that if you want to use HTML5, you need Safari. They are trying to hijack the term for their own purposes. And it's just amazing hypocrisy to go on about "standards are the web", and then create a walled garden to demonstrate that. LOL.
The current IE9 preview (a new one was released just a few days ago) has some very nice HTML5, CSS3, and SVG support.
Not really. It looks nice on their site because it only lists Microsoft's own tests. Compared to other browsers, their HTML5, CSS3 and SVG support sucks.
Except the title is "HTML5 Showcase", despite the fact that it hardly uses any HTML5. And calling it open while blocking other browsers? The irony...
"This is all about making it seem like other browsers need to play catchup when in fact they may be ahead of you on actually implementing HTML5. You do that by putting out a demo that doesn't really demo HTML5 much and calling it an HTML5 demo."
Their demos aren't even using HTML5. It's all CSS3 with vendor prefixes to block non-Webkit browsers. So not only are they calling it "open" and only allowing Safari, but they aren't even using HTML5 in their so-called "HTML5 Showcase"!
You don't see anything wrong with calling something "open" when it only works in Safari?
other than it making other browsers like FF3 look like they haven't been innovating
BINGO!
See, you fell for it! You bought into the "Safari is HTML5" bullshit. You actually believe that if you want the latest and greatest HTML5 stuff, you need Safari. Thanks for proving everyone's points about Apple's dishonesty! You are living proof that their misleading ad is in fact confusing people.
Which they cleverly do by stating "not all browsers offer this support" which implies very strongly that some other browsers do?
No, it strongly implies that only Safari does.
As someone else wrote:
"This is all about making it seem like other browsers need to play catchup when in fact they may be ahead of you on actually implementing HTML5. You do that by putting out a demo that doesn't really demo HTML5 much and calling it an HTML5 demo."
No, it would help if they didn't claim it to be a HTML5 showcase even though it hardly uses any HTML5, and if they stopped talking about "open" while at the same time outright blocking other browsers.
Except the URL is apple.com/html5, and it's titled "HTML5 Showcase" even though it doesn't really use a lot of HTML5, and the purpose of this marketing crap is to give the appearance that Apple is ahead of everyone else, even though, again, it isn't even showing off HTML5.
The submission is actually accurate. Apple is creating a walled garden that isn't even using HTML5, and calls it a "HTML5 showcase". It would have been more honest and accurate to call it a "Safari CSS3 showcase".
Considering that only the audio and video examples come even remotely close to using HTML5, how can you claim that "everything in the demo adheres to HTML5"? How can something that isn't HTML5 adhere to HTML5?
Apple calls this a "HTML5 Showcase", not a "Safari CSS3 Showcase". They are creating their own walled garden and basically saying "HTML5 doesn't cut it" (since they aren't even using HTML5, and have to block other browsers). Great ad for Flash.
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It's only useless if you choose to make it useless. If you follow people with useless tweets and your own tweets are useless, it will be useless. But you can choose to follow people who have something interesting to say, and say interesting things yourself. You are really looking yourself in the mirror here. It says more about you than about people who use Twitter.
Would the author have named something Google, Apple or Microsoft?
What? I thought it was because of the more relevant search results. Silly me.
The code will not be used by Firefox (or Opera). The standard is what matters. And Apple claims to support "open standards" while at the same time blocking other browsers. They are basically trying to create the impression that if you want to use HTML5, you need Safari.
I have. Frequently. But this time I'm pointing out Apple's disgusting actions.
All I see is a bunch of Apple apologists who can't come up with valid arguments, so they try to change the subject.
Says the guy who mindlessly repeats everything Steve Jobs tells him to...
Also, Reddit has too many articles flooding you. At least that's my impression. I feel it's easier to get a quick overview of what's new at Slashdot because there's simply less content. I don't feel as overwhelmed.
But the comment system at Reddit... That's the abomination, evil incarnate, that keeps me away.
That's the most idiotic thing I've heard all day. What the hell is wrong with you? Just because someone says he thinks people should obey the speed limit doesn't mean he equates breaking it with rape or murder.
Anti-science bigot, meet the perfect description of you.
What evidence is there in Expelled, by the way? I'd love to hear a couple of examples! LOL.
Regarding denialists, I'm merely pointing out the fact: They are fundamentalists who reject the science because it contradicts their superstition.
Yes, the goal is to create the impression that if you want to use HTML5, you need Safari. They are trying to hijack the term for their own purposes. And it's just amazing hypocrisy to go on about "standards are the web", and then create a walled garden to demonstrate that. LOL.
Not really. It looks nice on their site because it only lists Microsoft's own tests. Compared to other browsers, their HTML5, CSS3 and SVG support sucks.
What do you mean by "other browsers"? Opera, Safari and Chrome all have decent HTML5 support, and IE is coming.
"This is all about making it seem like other browsers need to play catchup when in fact they may be ahead of you on actually implementing HTML5. You do that by putting out a demo that doesn't really demo HTML5 much and calling it an HTML5 demo."
Actually, the title is "HTML5 Showcase", and they brag about it being "open" despite blocking other browsers than Safari.
First of all, the demos hardly use any HTML5. It's only used for video and audio.
Secondly, blocking other browsers clearly gives the impression that "if you want to use HTML5, you can only use Safari".
That strongly implies that only Safari does, further underlining their "only Safari" messaging.
Their demos aren't even using HTML5. It's all CSS3 with vendor prefixes to block non-Webkit browsers. So not only are they calling it "open" and only allowing Safari, but they aren't even using HTML5 in their so-called "HTML5 Showcase"!
You don't see anything wrong with calling something "open" when it only works in Safari?
BINGO!
See, you fell for it! You bought into the "Safari is HTML5" bullshit. You actually believe that if you want the latest and greatest HTML5 stuff, you need Safari. Thanks for proving everyone's points about Apple's dishonesty! You are living proof that their misleading ad is in fact confusing people.
Thank you!
Except Apple aren't even showing off HTML5 in their "HTML5 Showcase"...
No, it strongly implies that only Safari does.
As someone else wrote:
"This is all about making it seem like other browsers need to play catchup when in fact they may be ahead of you on actually implementing HTML5. You do that by putting out a demo that doesn't really demo HTML5 much and calling it an HTML5 demo."
No, it would help if they didn't claim it to be a HTML5 showcase even though it hardly uses any HTML5, and if they stopped talking about "open" while at the same time outright blocking other browsers.
And you are misrepresenting the criticism. The demos aren't even using HTML5, and Apple created a walled garden while claiming that they are "open".
No they won't. First of all, they aren't HTML5. Mostly CSS. Secondly, they are restricted to Webkit.
Except the URL is apple.com/html5, and it's titled "HTML5 Showcase" even though it doesn't really use a lot of HTML5, and the purpose of this marketing crap is to give the appearance that Apple is ahead of everyone else, even though, again, it isn't even showing off HTML5.
HTML5 is HTML5, not JavaScript. Never mind the fact that Apple's demos hardly use any HTML5 (so why call it a HTML5 showcase?)...
This is a walled garden that isn't even actual HTML5. Why didn't they call it a Safari showcase since that's what it is?
The submission is actually accurate. Apple is creating a walled garden that isn't even using HTML5, and calls it a "HTML5 showcase". It would have been more honest and accurate to call it a "Safari CSS3 showcase".
Apple calls this a "HTML5 Showcase", not a "Safari CSS3 Showcase". They are creating their own walled garden and basically saying "HTML5 doesn't cut it" (since they aren't even using HTML5, and have to block other browsers). Great ad for Flash.
Hardly any HTML5, actually. So why call it "HTML5 showcase"?