Posts tagged ‘HTML 5’
HTML5, Flash, Silverlight, and your courseware
Posted Monday, November 14th, 2011.
Filed under e-learning, web design and development with the tags Adobe Flash, e-learning, HTML 5, opinion, silverlight
What a busy week. Flash is dead. Sort of, but not really. In case you haven’t heard, Adobe formally announced the discontinuation of Flash Player for mobile devices (“Flash to Focus on PC Browsing and Mobile Apps; Adobe to More Aggressively Contribute to HTML5“). Adobe employees struggled to come to grips with what has undoubtedly [...]
For Your Reading Pleasure: EasyCaptions
Posted Monday, June 7th, 2010.
Filed under JavaScript, web design and development with the tags accessibility, Adobe Flash, EasyCaptions, How-to, HTML 5, JavaScript, JavaScript UI Goodies, video, web design and development
Introducing EasyCaptions: A simple system for adding captions and an interactive transcript to online videos. EasyCaptions uses progressive enhancement to provide the best possible experience for all visitors, regardless of their browser’s JavaScript, HTML5 or Flash support. Demonstration Background I don’t produce much video these days, but as a web surfer I often encounter other [...]
HTML5 Video, minus Ogg
Posted Friday, March 19th, 2010.
Filed under JavaScript, web design and development with the tags Adobe Flash, How-to, HTML 5, JavaScript, JavaScript UI Goodies, web browsers, web design and development
Mozilla, the makers of Firefox, refuse to support the MP4/H.264 standard because it isn’t open-source and free from licensing constraints. Without Ogg, Firefox’s HTML5 video is rendered useless and requires a Flash-based fallback system. However, Firefox’s handling of the video element breaks the fallback mechanism. A scripted solution is required.
Here’s a simple script that will detect whether HTML 5 video is supported in the browser, and if it is, will check to see if this is Firefox. If yes, it deletes the specified video element but leaves the Flash fallback in its place.
Changes to pipwerks.com, part 2
Posted Friday, September 4th, 2009.
Filed under web design and development with the tags CSS, HTML, HTML 5, web, web design and development, wordpress
In case you hadn’t heard, pipwerks.com was hacked last week. The entire database was erased. Bastages. Luckily, I had a recent backup. While going through the pains of a new WordPress install (with new plugins, extra security, and imported posts/comments), I decided “why not throw a new layout in the mix, too?” I mean, if I’m going to make changes, I may as well do them all in one shot, eh?
HTML 5: The strong element
Posted Friday, January 25th, 2008.
Filed under web design and development with the tags CSS, How-to, HTML, HTML 5, standards, web design and development
I just saw something interesting I thought I’d pass along. In the new HTML 5 proposal, the strong element is being modified to represent “importance rather than strong emphasis.” The WHATWG gives the following example: <p><strong>Warning.</strong> This dungeon is dangerous. <strong>Avoid the ducks.</strong> Take any gold you find. <strong><strong>Do not take any of the diamonds</strong>, [...]
