Buzz It For Real ! ... the tortuous road to Mobile HTML5 Apps

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Argues HTML5 can deliver a near-uniform mobile app but only with pragmatic hacks and hard lessons: details on polyfills used, the lazy feature detection pattern for touch vs mouse, dealing with canvas drawImage failures on Symbian, and storage limits (roughly 2 MB localStorage and inconsistent WebSQL/IndexedDB support). Shows a real outcome — maps.nokia.com mobile version — that runs across many devices, describes which APIs actually worked and which required fallbacks, and gives reproducible tests and numbers (58/98 on html5test).

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" chapters (12)

1. 0:00Start
2. 8:08Features Detection
3. 12:12Common In Today Web Apps
4. 14:45Lazy Features Detection
5. 17:57The Undetectable (at least inline)
6. 20:08The Partial HTMLS Canvas Case
7. 21:53There Is Still A Room For UA Sniffing
8. 23:04About Storing Persistent Data
9. 24:44localStorage
10. 27:00Web SQL Database
11. 30:48Touch Events Capable
12. 32:31HW Accelerated Canvas

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