Biopsy of an early HTML5 Project
We've just completed our first foray into HTML5 at primvintagefashion.com It's a simple HTML5 intro, true, but for me it was an education in what is possible / what is not with HTML5. There's lots of HTML5 functionality crammed into this small space - the CANVAS tag (which scales to fit the screensize of the device visiting) - animation loop - CSS3 (that Typewriter font is downloaded - and rendered - by your machine on the fly) and the AUDIO tag. SO, HOW WAS IT? Well, the javascript extensions for HTML5 are actually pretty fun. Lower level than AS3 but way more powerful than what straight javascript/jQuery offer. It's always going to take longer to build something than with Flash, but with practice you could probably get it down to about 125% of the effort. That sounds bad, but it's much better than my original thoughts of double the effort. DRAWBACKS? - Well, the big one - and a surprise - was the differences between HTML5 engines. It's not as standard as Jobs