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Apple’s iPad / iPhone HTML5 Bet: HTML5 Drawing App Proves Capabilities

Recently I’ve been posting on HTML5 versus Flash.  Many people who are not familiar with HTML5 may not know exactly the amount of power that has been provided with the new spec.  HTML 4 was nice, and a big upgrade, but I believe HTML 5 will be an even larger upgrade over HTML4.

The reason we are talking about HTML5, is Apple seems to be placing their bets on it.  Apple continues to refuse to have Flash running on their controlled devices (iPhone, iPad, etc) and seems to be pushing for HTML5 to take over.

We are slowly having to rethink the capabilities of the “HTML” platform that we have grown to know over the past 15 years. › Continue reading

Tags: Apple, Flash, HTML, HTML5, iPad, iPhone, Javascript, MugTug, Sketchpad