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HTML5 And CSS3 Readiness Across All Browsers

This graphic isn’t just beautiful; it charts out every major browser’s compatibility with elements of HTML5 and CSS3. In a nutshell, things look pretty good. For the fully interactive version (the one that makes sense), look here: [html5readiness via infosthetics]

February 4, 2010
Online

H.264 Will Stay Royalty-Free For Free Internet Video Through 2016

Appropriately following our explainer on why HTML5 won’t save the internet (yet) and the embedded discussion about video codecs and the future of internet video, MPEG LA – who licenses the H.264 codec – has announced they’re going to continue H.264′s royalty freeness for free internet video through 2016.

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Giz Explains: Why HTML5 Isn’t Going To Save The Internet

The beardier parts of the web-o-sphere have been abuzz about HTML5, the next version of the language that powers our internet. Will it revolutionise web apps? Will it kill Flash video? Will it fix our gimpy iPads? Yes… and no.

January 22, 2010
Online

First YouTube, Now Vimeo: How HTML5 Could Finally Kill Flash Video

Flash powers almost all the video on the web nowadays, so it’s obviously good enough. But is there a better way? YouTube, and now Vimeo, who’re both giddily jumping into bed with HTML, sure seem to think so.

December 2, 2009
Software

Is Google Gears Dead?

It was over two years ago when Google announced Gears, which promised to make Google services—and potentially lots more—available offline. Since then, the project has moved at a creep, all but stalling entirely. Gears, it seems, has died.

November 19, 2009
Online

Moving Scroll Bar Clock Makes My Inner Web Designer Queasy

On the surface, scroll clock looks like a simple visual trick: Look, it’s a clock made out of moving scroll bars! This is a marginally clever animation! Then you realise that every one of them actually works.

October 15, 2009
Gadgets

Eight Regrettable Tech Inventions, Regretted

The history of technology is littered with great ideas, but you’ve gotta make a distinction between the ones that are truly, timelessly great, and the ones that, well, the ones that seemed good at the time.

September 3, 2009
Software

Giz Explains: Why Tech Standards Are Vital For Apple, You

Tech standards are important. They’re, well, standards. They shape the way the world works, ideally. So if you wanna influence your little world, you probably wanna shape (or maybe even create) standards. Take Apple, for example.

August 6, 2009
Online

Why You Should Care About HTML5

The boring answer: because it’s going to form the underpinnings of the entire internet within a few years, and most major browsers—including Chrome, now—support it. The better answer: because it’s really cool, enabling webtoys like this, without plugins.

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