Is HTML5 Ready to Be the Next Dominant Platform?

By Eric Bleeker and Jeremy Phillips | More Articles
October 19, 2011 | Comments (1)

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In today's edition, Jeremy and Eric look at gaming company Zynga's recent use of HTML5 for a limited number of its games. While there's a lot of promise behind HTML5 and it's a platform that's potentially disruptive to native apps -- i.e., Apple's App Store -- there are also hurdles to its use for games and other forms of rich multimedia.

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Report this Comment On October 20, 2011, at 10:07 AM, don1941t wrote:

HTML 5 is an unenforceable standard suggestion, not a platform. Day by day TMF slips in credibility. Do you guys even HAVE a fact-checking staff?

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