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HTML5-Powered Web Applications: 19 Early Adopters

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"HTML5, rumored as Flash killer, is a brand new web technology that raises a revolution lead by Apple in web application development."

Sorry, I can't really take this seriously after that. And as there's no definition of "an HTML5 powered app" I probably couldn't have done previous to it either. There are some nice apps here, sure, but I'm not sure what value this has over any other list of "cool web apps". Indeed, it's less valuable due to the misinformation.

So which of these actually use HTML5 features, vs. everything that's been available to us for years? I'd like to think we can avoid falling prey to marketing-speak here.

I think HTML5 is the future of application development. It has some very specific advantages compared to native apps, and we will see a lot more web apps with unique abilites. There is an interesting talk about that topic from the google io conference. It is a bit mobile specific, but really worth a look [1]

Of course, I am a bit biased, because I am currently building a browsergame on HTML5 techniques (canvas and local storage at the moment, but of course audio and video will also be a part) at http://www.breederisland.com. It is really amazing how fast the new javascript engines in the browsers are, if you don't use an internet explorer, of course ;)

[1] http://www.videosinhtml5.com/videos-about-html5/google-io-20...

Breeder Island looks pretty interesting. I've followed the Tumblr page to keep track of it. Can't wait to try it!

thanks :) wasnt my intention do advertise the game (yet), but I'm working full time on it, so it makes progress. I also plan to release the engine as open source in the future, once it is more stable and has better documentation.

Heh me too! Canvas, localStorage, Audio, and FileWriter. http://4kg.co

First I wanted to use an existing game engine too, but I decided to write everything myself to get a better understanding of how canvas etc. works. Do you have any gameplay videos, yet?

There's a tiny bit of gameplay in the vid I released a few days ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfbiEQnWgRQ More vids will be coming out soon.

I also re-did the website very shortly after you commented, so check that out again.

I was under the impression that Aviary's editors use Flash... clicking on the link to the image editor (Phoenix) - all Flash. Am I overlooking an HTML5 version, or is the article dead wrong?

I find "HTML5" a fantastic buzzword to get PHB's excited about making a web app.

I'd have put tinkercad.com on the list. Of course, there are hundreds of good examples missing.

I wish there were a directory of HTML5 apps, or am I just not gooling hard enough?

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