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Open Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2011-07-06 - 2011-07-12
The weekly summary of the Open Web Platform is out. The big discussions from last week have continued this week. Mutation and Canvas accessibility. Anne Van Kesteren covers what I have not in his report. HTML5 is still in Last Call.
- api
- dom
- html
- html5
- javascript
- open-web
- webapps
Open Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2011-06-29 - 2011-07-05
The weekly summary of the Open Web Platform is out. There was a few giant threads, be prepared to mutate any opinions about these events. Read also Anne van Kesteren's report. HTML5 is still in Last Call. Conversations Proposals Maciej...
- api
- dom
- html
- html5
- http
- open-web
- w3c
- webapps
Interview: Adobe on HTML5 and Authoring with the Open Web Platform
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By: Ian Jacobs
I met by phone with four engineers from Adobe on 17 June to ask them about how emerging open web standards such as HTML5, SVG, CSS3, and WOFF are transforming Web publishing. Arno Gourdol, Director of Engineering for Flash Runtime...
- html5
- open-web-platform
Open Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2011-06-21 - 2011-06-28
The weekly summary of the Open Web Platform is out. I like the fact that Anne Van Kesteren has a different overview than mine. His last report. HTML5 is still in Last Call. Conversations Proposals WebKit Team has been experimenting...
- html
- html5
- interoperability
- open-web
Beta Testing Community and Business Groups
In April I wrote about W3C Community Groups and Business Groups, two new programs designed to make it easy for developers, users, and other stakeholders to discuss and develop Web technology. Since then we have been generating interest in new...
What's in the pipe for Web and TV?
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By: Ada Rose Cannon
HTML5 goes some way to bringing media to the Web but additional requirements need to be addressed for use in commercial video provider services. The Media Pipeline Task Force is to clarify these requirements and propose extensions to HTML media elements.
- adaptive-streaming
- tv
- video
Do Not Track: The Regulators' Challenge.
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The fine people at the UC Berkeley law school have pulled together an amazing two-day workshop about Web Tracking in Brussels. The conversation kicked off today with European Commissioner Neelie Kroes talking about privacy, self-regulation and do not track,...
Tracking Protection and Do Not Track at W3C
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We see broad support for specification work on both Tracking Protection Lists and Do Not Track. Furthermore, there is widespread interest in also working towards consensus on the definition of tracking: what is it that a user setting "Do Not Track" asks for, and how do sites comply with such a request? What are the next steps at W3C?
Open Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2011-05-17 - 2011-06-20
Let's restart the Openweb platform weekly summary. It has been almost one month since the last time. HTML5 is in Last Call and there were a lot of discussions on many mailing lists.
- api
- dom
- html
- html5
- open-web
- w3c
- webapps
