14 DAY TRIAL // Apple has posted a special page on its website dedicated to promoting HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript as the best tools for web designers, application developers, etc. A number of demos show how the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser, new Macs, and new Apple mobile devices support the capabilities of the aforementioned technologies.
“Every new Apple mobile device and every new Mac — along with the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser — supports web standards including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript,” Apple says on its website. “These web standards are open, reliable, highly secure, and efficient. They allow web designers and developers to create advanced graphics, typography, animations, and transitions. Standards aren’t add-ons to the web. They are the web. And you can start using them today,” the Mac maker states, trying to entice web designers and developers.
To showcase HTML5 in all its glory, “The demos below show how the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser, new Macs, and new Apple mobile devices all support the capabilities of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript,” the company says. To see these demos in action and play with them, visit this web page.
Apple acknowledges that not all browsers offer this support, and recommends installing Safari, Chrome or Firefox. As expected, the Mac maker pushes Safari onto those using a different web browser. “But soon other modern browsers will take advantage of these same web standards — and the amazing things they enable web designers to do,” Apple believes.
Those interested in working with the demoed effects on their website are encouraged to visit the Safari Dev Center for more information about HTML5. Apple also posts its CEO’s “Thoughts on Flash” on the same page, in order to familiarize visitors with the company’s anti-Flash crusade. The document in question has Apple CEO Steve Jobs explaining why the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad do not support Flash and why Apple believes that open standards are the future of the web.