Websockets API I see…
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This is a really cool article and a really great CSS maniac site. The article I’m referencing is about creating a an interactive map with jQuery and nice graphics.
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Although I am personally convinced that a developer in today’s alphabet soup of languages could completely lose grip of temporal reality by trying to learn all the consonants, this blog this appeared in the latest MSDN newsletter presents a couple of pretty interesting examples prefaced by “you’ll need a browser capable of handling the <CANVAS> tag”
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At 3.7kb, this little Javascript Animation Library could be your answer to making that little bit of difference on your next site instead of using Flash.
What I like about this is the ability to animate <div>s. There are a million and one creative uses to be able to animate the position, rotation, size or opacity of a CSS element.
I am really psyched to find this HTML5 Tool!
Click here for $fx Javascript Animation Library
On band, Francis and the Lights’ HTML5 Embedded Album
Francis Farewell Starlite was kind enough to point us in the direction of Muxtape’s Creative Director, Justin Ouellette for the answer on what their motivation was to produce an HTML5 Embedded Album Preview for “It’ll Be Better”, which speaks in a lot of ways to the HTML5 movement, although I’m not sure that’s what the band had in mind.
“Justin Ouellette is the man you should ask for a quote from. It was all his idea.” – Francis
The HTML5 Embedded Preview of the album lets you play the entire set right on your browser or on your iPhone/iPad. The sound is actually very good and so is the album! You need to check it out.
HTML5Tools: Justin, did you wake up one day and go “this is what we gotta do!” ?
Justin: “In the old days, getting a new record meant holding something substantial and beautiful in your hands. We saw the iPad and thought, “holding this thing could be a lot like holding a record”, a tactile reminder of the substance of the music, something that’s missing from a simple download.”
HTML5Tools: Why HTML5?
Justin: “I chose HTML5 instead of writing a native app because of its universality; it’s much easier to keep the experience consistent across the web site, mobile devices, and an embedded player when it’s all literally the same code.”
-end of interview
Dude! can you imagine where these guys might take it next? Like an HTML5 version of that really awesome Zepplin LP that had the rotating disc in it so the pictures change and everything. Remember that!? OK maybe I’m showing my age… back to work.
Check out Francis and the Lights’ It’ll be Better and Muxtape. These guys are on the cutting edge of the record business.
HTML5 News
Will HTML5 Dilute the AppStore’s Juice?
Something tells me Apple will already be moving on to the next thing by the time HTML5 browser apps begin to take a bite out of the AppStore. Apple will need to remain in a position to keep people following the carrot… er Apple.
WirelessGround.com’s Full Article Here