HTML5 Still Taking Shape
February 27, 2012—Today, there is little doubt the industry has embraced HTML5 as the best solution for cross-browser, cross-device rich application development and delivery. Witness the demise of Flex, the repositioning of Flash, and Microsoft’s announcement that Silverlight 5 would be the last version for the browser.
Performance “has been the one area that keeps people up late at night,” said Aditya Bansod, senior director of product management at development platform provider Sencha. … “User experience and what works well on mobile devices have been well-defined in the last three years. There’s a lot of knowledge being built up around that.”