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Netflix planning switch from Silverlight to HTML5
- 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…
Yahoo! is latest company to ignore IE10's Do-Not-Track setting
- Microsoft's decision to enable Do Not Track in IE10 by default is still managing to elicit industry criticism. Yahoo is the latest company to ignore IE10's on-by-default DNT policy, joining Apache in not recognizing the browser's DNT setting. Yahoo reasons that…
W3C launches Web Platform Docs as hub for all web standards
- A new project backed by some heavy industry hitters is aiming to be a one-stop shop for all things related to web standards. The site, called Web Platform Docs, launched yesterday in alpha form consisting of a blog, a chat…
W3C: HTML 5.0 to be finalized in 2014, HTML 5.1 coming in 2016
- 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…
Microsoft talks IE10, "Do Not Track" will be enabled by default
- Yesterday, Microsoft posted an interesting look at the current state of Internet Explorer 10 on its MSDN blog. In the article, readers will discover that Microsoft is touting a faster and more fluid experience, natural touch and gesture control, metro-influenced…
FTC praises 'Do Not Track' initiatives, refreshes privacy framework
- In a new report published by the FTC (pdf), the commission attempts to lay a new framework to protect the privacy of citizens and refreshes its own views on how to accomplish those goals. Some of the ideas outlined include Do…
W3C releases an official HTML5 logo
- The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has unveiled a new logo for HTML5. The logo links back to W3C, the place for authoritative information on HTML5, including specs and test cases.
W3C reveals first HTML5 conformance tests, IE9 surprises
- The Worldwide Web Consortium has released the first test results for browsers’ HTML5 conformance and it looks like Microsoft has been doing a great job supporting the latest set of web standards. Taking into account seven aspects of HTML5 specifications…
W3C: it's a little too early to deploy HTML5
- HTML5 has gained a lot of supporters in the last few years, including tech giants Microsoft, Google, and Apple. On the other hand, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees HTML5, warns the specification isn't yet ready for website…
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