Application Development: HTML5 Developers’ Top 10 Wishes for 2012
January 17, 2012—Sencha, which creates frameworks, tools and services for developers to build Web applications using JavaScript and HTML5, has released its 2012 HTML5 Wish List. “Looking at the phenomenal rise of HTML5 as the next industry standard for Web development, it’s clear that 2011 has been a transformational year for this powerful set of Web technologies,” said Michael Mullany, CEO of Sencha. He said Sencha’s offerings give Web application developers the ability to “harness emerging HTML5 technologies and create highly functional Web applications that erase the line between native apps and Web apps.” Sencha also issued a 2011 wish list, and out of the 10 wishes, four came to be. The four wishes that came through were: A richer CSS3 effects toolbox; high-performance position for mobile browsers; pervasive GPU acceleration; and Websockets stabilization. Sencha’s 2012 list includes wishes such as better mobile browser debugging, a contacts API, IndexedDB and better offline caching. This slide show offers the full Sencha wish list.
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