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HTML5

03.24.11
standards>next — CSS3 Conferences, CSS, Graphics, HTML5, web | (1)
Last night, I spoke at the latest Opera back standards>next gig, hosted at MadLab in Manchester.Chris Mills put the call out months ago, asking if I'd like to take part, and could I herd up anyone else to speak. I recommended my fellow skating (albeit inline-blader!) and Fudge front-ender Mike Byrne as he's a lively character, and certainly knows his shit, and that made four. Chris kicked off, followed, by myself and Typography Online. Continue Reading...
01.22.11
New Adventures in Web Design Conferences, CSS, HTML5, Professional, web | (5)
This week Howie and I attended a new conference in Nottingham, New Adventures in Web Design, organised by Simon Collison, or Colly as he's better known.Since Colly is possible the nicest guy on the internet and well respected, finding quality speakers wasn't going to be a tough job, and for the conferences first show, the list was impressive. There were gripes from some quarters that all these speakers have been seen before, it's the usual industry pundits, but I think that's just sour grapes and being picky for the sake of it. Out of the ten speakers, I'd only seen ...
08.27.10
H.264 to be royalty free forever… HTML5, web | (0)
Not really a massive surprise, but probably had to be done in the light of the WebM video codec. H.264 faced no real pressure from OGG, as OGG was shit.Read more on TUAW
05.30.10
HTML5, Flash, video and a usable fix HTML5, web | (0)
You may have read about my frustrations about the current HTML5 <video> implementation, it's short-comings and general deflating-balloon sad-trombone-ness.Enter JW Player, and their HTML5 beta. Continue Reading...
05.06.10
HTML5 <video> – a (very) short trip into real world use HTML5, web | (1)
After my last post about HTML5 video and thinking everyone's getting ahead of themselves, I'd like to point out I'm not that stupid that I was going to ignore it completely, until I'd had a chance to try it out in a real world work environment situation. I can now ignore it. For a few years/implementations, at least.It had been weighing on my mind that one of clients has a lot of video, and a lot of their audience are Mac users. This will probably mean there's a high percentage of iPhone users, and in the coming months, iPad users.So ...
05.03.10
DIBI Conference 2010 Conferences, CSS, HTML5, Professional, web | (0)
Time for another conference road trip!The inaugural DIBI Conference took place at the Sage in Gatehead on the 28th April, with a fantastic crop of speakers and promising bunch of attendees, judging by the twittering.DIBI's format is a little different than a traditional conference, being a two track event. DIBI, which stands for Design It. Build It., was aimed at both developers and designers, with two sets of sessions running all day. Attendees could chop and change and "jump tracks" as they liked, and since a lot of the crowd were front enders, this seems quite a logical thing to do.The journey ...
02.17.10
Speak the Web Liverpool — post match reaction Conferences, CSS, Graphics, HTML5, web | (0)
I'm really pleased to say that the whole Liverpool session of Speak The Web went down really well.I managed to get through 30 minutes without committing social hari kari or making too bigger tit of myself. Pat Lauke was in full on Opera and HTML5 brainwash form, but energetic and interesting enough to be different from Chris Mill's session at Leeds. The coup de grâce was obviously Simon Collison of Erskine Design, with his In the Pursuit of Magic presentation, and fair play to him for being drugged up but persevering and putting on a really thoughtful and inspiring presentation. Continue ...
02.05.10
HTML5 video. Are we getting ahead of ourselves? HTML5, Software, web | (2)
One thing I really like about talking to some of the Opera guys I know, is that they will take the time to consider another viewpoint. Whilst they're all about the open web, they realise they need to listen to people who are making and creating content for clients, but face real world restrictions like time and budget. I know. Ridiculous...I run a business (well, Pete does most the business end stuff, but you know what I mean) and all this talk about HTML5 <video> tags has kinda riled me a little bit, because it's getting so much exposure, and ...