9-bits by David Kaneda

A tumblog by David Kaneda, creative director at Sencha.


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August 11th 2011

“But think about it this way: it’s Apple that has created the best, by far, platform for mobile web apps. It’s Apple that created the “Add to Home Screen” feature in Mobile Safari, which allows mobile apps to appear on the home screen as peers to App Store apps. Android doesn’t have that feature. Apple wants iOS devices to have a great mobile web app experience, in addition to the App Store.”
John Gruber, The App Store vs. Mobile Web Apps
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What's New in Lion's Safari »

A few interesting items from a development point of view:

  • Not only does the browser go full screen, but there will be a JavaScript API for doing so
  • The mention caching audio/video in an HTML5 application cache — does this just mean the cache is larger than before?
  • “New process architecture” and Sandboxing — ie. WebKit 2
  • CSS3 auto-hyphenation
  • WOFF support
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My new blog, WebKitBits, is now live with tips, tricks, and resources for the WebKit browser engine. Please follow, reblog, subscribe, and retweet to your heart’s content. Big thanks to everyone who checked it out from my previous tweet.

My new blog, WebKitBits, is now live with tips, tricks, and resources for the WebKit browser engine.

Please follow, reblog, subscribe, and retweet to your heart’s content. Big thanks to everyone who checked it out from my previous tweet.

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