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Developing for Google Glass: Mirror API, HTML5 and how to change your mind
Posted by firt in General, New devices and browsers on April 16th, 2013
Google Glass is around the corner it’s time to prepare our services for this new device type. Reading the specs for the first time can be a little overwhelming; therefore I’ll try to make a quick go through the Glass app development process, the mirror API and its HTML5 support.
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BlackBerry 10: the first class HTML5 mobile platform
Posted by firt in General, New devices and browsers on March 25th, 2013
The new BlackBerry Z10 is on sale around the world with a whole new operating system and browser. In this post I’ll go through the important information for web and app developers about one of the most powerful HTML5 platforms available today.
Mission: Impossible – iPad mini detection for HTML5
As you may know, the iPad mini is a new 7.9″ variant of the iPad tablet and one of the biggest questions out there today is how to detect it using server-side or client-side techniques.
I have bad news for you: it seems impossible.
Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface: IE10 meets modern mobile HTML5
Posted by firt in General, New devices and browsers on October 17th, 2012
October 26th 2012 is the big day for Microsoft: the launch of Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10 and the Microsoft’s tablet: the Surface. From an OS and an HTML5 point of view, it’s a really big step for Microsoft and for all web developers (even non-mobile) . Let’s review what’s important for us.
iOS 6 Beta 1: HTML5 new APIs, Remote Debugging and native apps integration
Posted by firt in General, New devices and browsers on June 12th, 2012
In this post I’m analyzing the public information for developers behind Safari on iOS 6 and the research results on Beta 1 version of the next main version of the operating system for iPhone and iPad.
Axis, Opera Mini, pseudo-browsers and alternatives to Safari on iOS
Yahoo! has just released the new Axis app for iOS and desktop, promoted on some blogs as a new browser. It’s a good opportunity then to explain how this kind of apps work and why they are NOT browsers. If you are a web developer it’s important for you to know what to expect for this app.
BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 HTML5: notifications, Flash and the dangerous 3D WebGL
Posted by firt in General, New devices and browsers on February 22nd, 2012
A year ago, I’ve reviewed the BlackBerry Browser for PlayBook –the tablet from RIM- as the browser with better support on new HTML5 APIs (see 1.0 review). Yesterday, 2.0 version of the operating system was released for free for every user and I’ve just investigated the new APIs available. Let’s see what I’ve found.
iWebInspector: Debugging webapps and PhoneGap apps on iOS
Debugging mobile web applications was always a painful process. In this post I’m presenting the free tool iWebInspector I’ve created to enable a full Web Inspector -including JavaScript debugging & profiling- in Safari for iPhone and iPad and in PhoneGap apps.
Presenting Mobile HTML5 compatibility tables
September 2011 was a busy month for the mobile web space. While we are still waiting for iOS5, Android Ice cream sandwich, new mobile browsers appeared in the ecosystem: Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Phone 7.5, Firefox 7 for Android and the upcoming Amazon Silk to be included in the new Amazon Prime tablet.
jQuery Mobile workshop at #oscon
On July, 26th I’m doing a workshop at OSCON about jQuery Mobile. If you are there (or not) here you can download the files we are going to use there. It’s algo a very good time to present my new book jQuery Mobile: Up and Running, available un Early Access.
