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Netflix planning switch from Silverlight to HTML5

Netflix planning switch from Silverlight to HTML5
  • Posted April 17, 2013, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Netflix has been working toward transitioning away from Silverlight to HTML5, it recently indicated on its technology blog. With Silverlight's biggest customer fleeing the web-based video plug-in scene, the imminent demise of browser plug-ins like Adobe Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight…

W3C: HTML 5.0 to be finalized in 2014, HTML 5.1 coming in 2016

W3C: HTML 5.0 to be finalized in 2014, HTML 5.1 coming in 2016
  • Posted September 25, 2012, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the collective that manages specifications used on the Internet, has issued a report on the progress of HTML 5. The markup language that is know by many as the Java killer wasn’t originally scheduled…

Mozilla previews Thimble, a refreshingly simple HTML coding tool

Mozilla previews Thimble, a refreshingly simple HTML coding tool
  • Posted June 19, 2012, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • With a variety of noteworthy projects already under its belt such as Firefox, Bugzilla and Thunderbird, Mozilla is adding a new one to its lineup named Thimble. The web-based project aims to nurture aspiring web developers by providing an incredibly…

HTML 5 Gaming Showcase: Old Classics and Modern Games You Can Play for Free

HTML 5 Gaming Showcase: Old Classics and Modern Games You Can Play for Free
  • Posted February 17, 2012, 2:33 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in TechSpot, Gaming
  • A lot has changed since the days when web developers relied almost exclusively on Flash for media-rich interactive content. Although the technology is still very much alive and may not see a replacement anytime soon for certain uses, more and more websites are implementing HTML5 for streaming audio and video.

    On the gaming side, there are some really impressive examples that could easily rival some of the stuff that has been done on Flash over the past decade. We've compiled a small selection of old classics and modern titles built with HTML5 and other open web standards that will give you a taste of things to come.

HTML5 will be the last version of HTML

  • Posted January 21, 2011, 2:04 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
  • The HTML specification will no longer have a version number attached. The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) version of the specification will be updated as additions are integrated. As a result, the HTML specification will henceforth just be…

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