Robert O’Callahan - The Open Web Platform in the mobile era

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1. Robert O'Callahan Mozilla Corporation The Open Web Platform In The

   Mobile Era

2. Let's make this interactive.

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6. The “open Web platform”: true multi-vendor standards.

7. But vendors want to own the platform.

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14. Does the Web really compete with native platforms? Yes.

15. Single-vendor platforms address real needs. For example: slick UI, sensors,

    offline usage, app discovery and monetization, tooling.

16. Good news: Web standards are moving faster than ever.

17. Soon latest versions of all major browsers will support •

    HTML5 Forms, Drag&Drop, parsing, <video>, History, AppCache • DOM touch events, orientation events, geolocation, File API, Workers • WebSockets, EventSource • CSS hyphenation, columns, 2D and 3D transforms, gradients, transitions and animations, flexbox layout, fonts (WOFF) • Accelerated 2D canvas • WebGL (Not Microsoft, but they'll crack) • JS Typed Arrays

18. Behold demos.

19. A lot more is coming. • JS language improvements (WeakMap,

    modules) • Ongoing JS performance improvements • IndexedDB • CSS regions, grids, exclusions, Opentype control, element() images • Custom CSS/SVG filters • Fullscreen, MouseLock • SPDY, CSP • MediaStream, WebRTC, PeerConnection • Some kind of audio processing

20. The Web standards platform is not stagnating. We have other

    problems.

21. “Browser X implements Y, browser Z doesn't” is easy to

    market. Especially if you produce apps that use Y. This creates bad incentives.

22. Maybe the feature isn't a true multi-vendor standard. Please beware

    of “open- washing”.

23. Maybe the feature is poorly implemented.

24. Maybe the feature is just bad for the Web.

25. Please be discerning about new features.

26. Less marketable activities are as important as adding new features,

    e.g. improving specs and fixing bugs to improve interop.

27. Please give us the right incentives by focusing on implementation

    and spec quality.

28. Not Webkit.

29. Apps that target a particular browser engine are antithetical to

    the open Web. Please don't do that.

30. if (window.has3d) { elem.setAttribute('style', '-webkit-transform:translate3d(' +x+'px,'+y+'px,'+z+'px);'); }

31. Vendor prefixing has served us well but it can hurt.

    We need to unprefix features quicker. Please treat prefixed features as experimental.
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33. Apps locked into single-vendor distribution channels undermine the open Web.

    Please don't do that.
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37. Facebook should not have a monopoly on Web identity. Mozilla

    is creating BrowserID. Please use it.
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39. A drive for open Web standards is more needed than

    ever. Even if HTML wins, the open Web could lose. Please be responsible.