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== '''Market Insights''' == | == '''Market Insights''' == | ||
=== Desktop / Platform === | |||
==== Google ==== | |||
* Google released a beta of Chrome for Android, based on a [http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-dev/browse_thread/thread/f255cdaa67ca44c6# fork] of the Chromium code (version 16.0.915.75). A major focus for the development team is to re-merge the trees; some of the work has been done. Because of the Java base of Android, a lot of work using Java Native Interfaces will have to be done, no doubt to improve device support. | |||
* Chrome for Android also has integrated support for a mobile [http://code.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/debugging.html remote debugger], allowing developers to debug or profile their mobile web pages and web apps using a desktop machine. Here's a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4zpL4VBbuU screencast demo]. Developers are encouraged to ask questions on stackoverflow.com. | |||
* Google [http://www.imperialviolet.org/2012/02/05/crlsets.html announced] that Chrome would soon stop conducting SSL online revocation checks, using its existing software processes to distribute lists of revoked certificates. | |||
* The German government, in a general list of recommendations for computer security, [https://www.bsi.bund.de/ContentBSI/Themen/Cyber-Sicherheit/Empfehlungen/produktkonfiguration/BSI-E-CS-001.html recommended] the Google Chrome browser, primarily because of its sandbox architecture. | |||
* [http://chromestory.com/2012/02/chromes-settings-page-gets-a-new-fluid-ui Development versions] of Chrome now feature a new Settings UI that is fluid and appears to make use of graphic acceleration; see the video at the link for a demo. | |||
* The Dev version also now has partial support for Web Intents -- here's a [https://plus.google.com/100132233764003563318/posts/D8xCLsmQBRH screenshot]. | |||
==== Microsoft ==== | |||
* The IE team's blog posted a [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/02/02/css3-3d-transforms-in-ie10.aspx detailed summary] of the upcoming support of CSS3 3D transforms, with some interesting demos. | |||
* In a related [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/02/07/high-performance-html5-content-in-metro-style-apps.aspx post], the team drew attention to the fact that IE10 embedded in Metro apps will have the same performance, unlike similar apps on iOS, which run more than three times as slow. | |||
* MSIE 10 will offer [http://www.favbrowser.com/windows-phone-8-internet-explorer-10-to-compress-web-pages/ compressed proxy browsing]. | |||
==== Opera ==== | |||
The W3C blog posted an [http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/02/interview_opera_on_the_web_of.html interview] with two members of the Opera team. They said among other things that Opera Mini's proxy browsing / compression features make it so popular with users in developing regions that carriers use it in their advertising. There's also an interesting summary of their vision for HTML5 on television sets. | |||
==== Other ==== | |||
* RIM has [http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2144589/rims-blackberry-native-sdk-source announced] that all the code in their SDK for the upcoming Blackberry 10 platform will be open sourced. Code is available at http://blackberry.github.com and development of the HTML5 SDK is happening in the open there. | |||
* There's a [https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15401 proposal] at the W3C for the next version of HTML to support accessing image metadata in the DOM. | |||
* Strangeloop Networks [http://www.strangeloopnetworks.com/blog/free-report-2012-state-of-the-union-on-e-commerce-page-speed-and-website-performance/ released] a "State of the Internet" report that indicates that while the average site is 10% faster than it was a year ago, top-ranked sites are getting bigger and slower, with the average home page containing 98 objects. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||