There and Back Again - a Web Tale
summary
Four case studies give concrete outcomes: WebAssembly as multi-language target becomes a consensus-driven, multi-implementation binary VM (avoiding Java-style lock-in); WebVR/WebAR ends up detecting devices, polling head pose and delivering 360 video plus immersive audio so VR works on phones; color effort lands in CSS Color Level 4 with Display P3 adoption after Apple drives hardware ubiquity; web fonts evolve to WOFF/WOFF2, variable and color fonts, reaching ~80% site adoption but remaining gaps for CJK due to 8MB fonts — solved in simulation by WOFF2 subsetting and incremental patches.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and setup
- 1:05How web standards are made
- 3:19WebAssembly case study
- 6:10WebVR and WebAR history
- 10:42Color on the web struggles
- 18:05Web fonts dark age
- 29:46Current state and future
- 33:16Lessons learned from failures
- 35:00Q&A and conclusion
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