More RSS Client Optimizations: Preventing Re-Fetch
Background: Has the Feed Changed?
Abstraction Begets Fragmentation
Christian Heilmann raises the ugly issue of offline storage. LocalStorage’s synchronous nature makes it slow, WebSQL is deprecated, and IndexedDB’s API induces headaches as well as being unsupported on many browsers. He asks whether the LocalStorage standard should be improved....
The Boot2Gecko Developer Experience: An Interview with Mozilla’s Jonathan Nightingale
A surprise bonus of last week’s MWC trip was the coincidental launch of Boot2Gecko, Mozilla’s operating system based on Firefox (Gecko being Firefox’s underlying layout engine and B2G being the unofficial brand name for now). They made a joint announcement...
Interview: Intel’s HTML5 Playground and AppUp
I’m back from Mobile World Congress, where I was invited by Intel to speak on HTML5 and demo HTML5 as part of their AppUp programme. There, I had a chance to work with alongside Intel’s Daniel Holmlund, who recently released...
HTML5 Full Screen Mode: Quick Notes
Just been playing with full-screen mode in Chrome, which lets any element become full-screen (not just video, as I think it was envisioned in earlier days). Wanting to get this working nicely on mobile devices, I’ve also done some experimenting...