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written by David Rousset Previously we introduced HTML5 Web Workers, showed you how to post messages using JSON, and discussed web browsers support, non-accessible elements, and error handling & debugging. This week we will look at use cases and specific scenarios for the use of Web Workers, and will show you how to locate hot […]

This week the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) announced an initiative that is designed to encourage mobile video innovation through the creation of interrelated mobile video standards. The standards development projects that are on the table include challenges such as the improvement of the quality of real-time mobile video communications, more efficient and flexible downloads and […]

Web development is a constantly evolving practice–development software is always getting enhanced, standards are always being updated, and content management systems (CMSs) are always improving. It’s hard for a developer to keep up–so which is the perfect CMS for web development? Some developers would say that it’s impossible to give a blanket statement about which […]

This week Sencha announced its HTML5 wish list for 2012, along with details on those wishes that came true from last year’s HTML5 wish list. Among those wish list items that came true were high-performance ‘position: fixed’ for mobile, a richer CSS3 effects toolbox, websockets stabilization and pervasive GPU acceleration. The co-chair of the Web […]

HTML5 has been talked about as if it will solve all the problems of the web development world, and there is no doubt that is has changed the landscape of the web and will continue to do so for a long time. Research In Motion (RIM) has always been a supporter of the technology, and […]

Cloud services is a topic that most developers are intimately familiar with, but lately small and midsize businesses (SMB) are becoming aware of them and even fully understand what they are and how they can be used. According to the results of the 2011 SMB Cloud Watch report, around 44 percent of SMBs had a […]

HTML5 won’t be an official standard for some time, but software and web developers are already working with the technology according to the results the Global Development Survey from Evans Data. After surveying over 1200 developers, the results showed that 43% of North American developers are using the technology. The CEO of Evans Data, Janel […]

written by David Rousset In the first part of this article, we introduced HTML5 Web Workers, and showed you how you can use the technology to post messages using JSON. This week we will tell you which web browsers support them, discuss the elements that are non-accessible to them, and dig into error handling & […]

This week Opera Software announced the opening of the Opera TV Store, another newcomer to the online app store arena. Opera TV Store features HTML5-based apps for internet-connected TVs, and is available for OEMs, developers and content providers. The apps that will be sold at the Opera TV Store are based on HTML5, and will […]

AT&T this week joined the online web app store arena with the announcement of its HTML5-based AppCenter, a mobile app store that will open later this year. AppCenter will feature services such as iMessage along with other HTML5-based apps that will be available to its customers. Currently, AT&T plans to sell apps and services from […]

Developers have been asking the question for years now–as a business or enterprise developer, should Web apps or native apps be the priority, or should a developer use a combination of both? Which is better? Of course, the answer depends on a variety of factors including the target audience and purpose of the app. A […]

Web developers have been promoting the Firefox extension called Firebug for quite a while now. This week the folks that create Firebug have announced the latest release–version 1.9 for Firefox 6.0 to 11.0. The most visible improvement is the Firebug user interface, which can now be docked to the side of the Firefox window. Additional […]