I have been experimenting a lot with HTML5, JavaScript and especially CSS3 on a variety of mobile devices recently. I want the mobile applications that we build with web technologies to continue to provide all the cross platform and deployment benefits that ...Read More
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QCon 2013 – Day three – end of day review
Keynote: A forward look at federated wiki - Ward Cunningham Ward Cunningham was the inventor of the wiki and his talk was aimed at describing the next generation. Again there was a mural of the talk created as it was given. We ...Read More
Our responsive web design workflow for caplin.com
For years I’ve used the same workflow when designing websites. Standard practice was to start with the content, wireframe, then design pixel perfect page layouts in Photoshop that would then be handed to a developer for the markup to be created. This tried and ...Read More
Microsoft Surface : A new platform for mobile HTML5 apps?
Today is launch day for Windows 8 and the many laptop / tablet hybrids that will come along with it. The slightly in your face metro UI is a big gamble for MS but it certainly looks touch friendly so I am very ...Read More
What I Learnt at SPA 2011
After weeks of keen anticipation, not to mention many long nights of preparation for my own session, SPA 2011 has now been and gone. Overall it was an excellent conference with a great group of attendees. The numerous inter-session conversations I had with ...Read More
Financial Times chooses HTML5 over Native app
The Financial Times has become the first major news application to switch from a native app to an HTML5 web app. They explain their reasons here and experiences - http://aboutus.ft.com/2011/06/07/ft-web-app-technical-qa/ ...Read More
Google detail browser support plan
I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but maybe this is more specific details, but Google have decided to only support the latest two versions of any browser. As soon as a new version is released, an older one will stop being ...Read More
Windows 8 with HTML5/JavaScript apps
Microsoft have previewed Windows 8 at the D9 conference, including a video showing it off. It seems like a slightly crazy mix of backwards compatibility and some quite cool new ideas that are meant to be suitable for keyboard/mouse ...Read More
Could Mobile Safari become the next IE 6?
I heard a great quote a year or two ago about how software developers always want to reinvent the wheel. Most other scientific disciplines require you to learn from others before building upon what they have done. Sir Issac Newton's oft quoted "if ...Read More
The Mobile Web getting faster
There is more to the Mobile Web than just Apple products, but with the recent announcement of the iPad 2 and iOS 4.3 things are looking interesting. The new iPad has a new faster dual core processor, but less publicised is the ...Read More