One of the comments to this post really caught my eye: ...... "Flash has always had better rendering consistency across platforms. However, HTML is much easier to build.
I always wondered why someone (Adobe?) doesn’t build a HTML/CSS/JS to Flash bridge. Sort of like sIfr but for the whole page. I really thought AIR could be that bridge. Write once, and render anywhere. :) ......... "
The thing is, the Adobe AiR runtime implements the WebKit layout engine. Whcih means WebKit documents based on HTML/CSS/JS should render just fine.
The real question will be how Adobe AiR handles the EcmaScript mess! Will they go with the ActionSript 3 version of JS - the one that is optimised for Tamarin? Or will they scale back to the MIcrosoft-Yahoo crippled version of official EcmaScript? My guess is that they push forward with ActiveScript 3 and try to convince WebKit and Mozilla groups to carry the open sourced Tamarin JiT. That would protect AiR developers as well as those who are seriously concerned about the future of the open web going forward.
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Excellent discusssion from David Berlind
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Raphaël uses SVG and VML as a base for graphics creation. Because of that every created object is a DOM object so you can attach JavScript event handlers or modify objects later. Raphaël’s goal is to provide an adapter that will make drawing cross-browser and easy. Currently library supports Firefox 3.0+, Safari 3.0+, Opera 9.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+.
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The question proposed is tha tof how OSS will be impacted by SaaS and Cloud Computing? My position, as stated in this reply, is that OSS will become even more important going forward. The comment includes WebKit, XAML, Client/Server, and the great transition to Client/ Web-Stack /server models.
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Mobil Web Browsers are changing the Web for everyone - including the desktop browser market!
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It turns out that SproutCore is not just a JavaScript framework. It is also a set of development tools, written in Ruby, that generate HTML and JavaScript from templates. The project also includes a test framework and a build tool that generates optimized code ready for upload to a web server. A SproutCore application is deployed as static files; Ruby is not used at runtime.
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Excellent presentation by eivind throdsen and henrik hartz of TrollTech. This is some of the validation for WebKit yet.
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Another article taking up the issue of "Blame the W3C" for what increasingly looks like a proprietary Web future. The author is an Ajax-DOJO supporter, and he tries to defend the W3C by saying it's not their job, they don't have the "power" or the "authority" to push the Web forward. About the best they can do is, at the end of the day, try to corral big vendors into agreement. Meanwhile, the Web has become the wild wild west with browser vendors innovating into their corporate web stacks where vast profits and future monopolies rest. For me, WebKit represents the best effort insisting that the Web remain Open. It's OSS with excellent big vendor support. And they are pushing the envelope. Finally!
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I reformatted my response to marbux concerning HTML5 and web application lack of interoperability. The original article these comments were posted to is titled, <a href="http://mondaybynoon.com/2008/06/30/siding-with-html-over-xhtml-my-decision-to-switch/#comment-2042">"Siding with HTML over XHTML, My Decision to Switch.... "</a>.
in list: WebKit and the Future of the Open Web
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HTMLPad 2008, WeBuilder 2008 :: good HTML-CSS-JavaScript editor
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Review of emerging CSS technologies and techniques. Includes Tools and Frameworks: Skybound's "Stylizer", YAML, CSS Cacheer. Best Practices, CSS3 and Beyond, the Browsers,
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Lengthy artilce from the OpenAjax Alliance summarizing HTML, Ajax and the future of the Open Web. Very well referenced. Lots of whitepapers and links
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This site should be called the Silverlight Developers Center.
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very important discussion on RiA and the standards implementation of HTML-CSS-DOM-JavaScript technologies. Excellent!
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Response to questions about RiA vs AJAX.
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5 page article covering Google's vision of the future Web. Excellent stuff.
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Interesting discussion about a universal web application layer able to wrok across devices, browsers and web service systems. I reponded with a very lengthy post about WebKit.
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