HTML5 on the Nexus One

Here are the same HTML5 sites on a Nexus One. As you can see, the experience is poor. Regardless of whether you like the iPad/iPhone or an Android phone, HTML5 is not ready for prime-time. Luckily, Flash will be released for Android devices in June 2010. #Apple #HTML5 #Flash

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[Adur0s]

Hi Brent, I built the tetris demo you've shown in your past couple videos. I don't think your take is representative of the capabilities of HTML5. These apps are built for the desktop and not for mobiles with touch screens. You're right that HTML5 content will not magically work on a mobile device, but you will find similar problems when you test desktop Flash games on a handheld.

[iBrent]

You're absolutely right. These experiences are not initially designed for mobile devices, but I can tell you from first hand experience as a Flash developer with access to Flash on mobile devices, the user experience is much cleaner across devices. The point is, the assumption that Steve Jobs was making, that Flash wasn't ready for mobile, and that HTML5 was the way to go, is just plain wrong. I applaud your development efforts, your game is one of the better HTML5 examples out there.

[michaelsv10]

@iBrent you're a badass! keep being awesome dude.

[DakkonDS]

wow. it works so much better on the droid os. who knew droid was better that the mac os

[esmith512]

HTML5 is still relatively new. It's very promising (as are all of these technologies in their infancy) but right now it's Not Quite Ready for real user-experience and application or UI implementation. The demos look interesting, but we're getting the same experiences you're having--not quite right, doesn't quite work, cross-platform glitching, slow and partial. We'd be terrified to use it in any form of production today, but tomorrow is another day. Thanks for your videos!

[Chaddledee]

Holy shit, your thumb is massive.

[117asm]

The Nexus One is a cool phone, but I still think that the iphone is superior.

[Daggbm]

wut service provider is that 4

[degoban]

@lol2fast4u No, Steve was talking about HTML5 as standard, unfortunately HTML5 is not a standard yet, and iPad can't even handle the proposed standard.

In the toy story he also show a 3d translation saying "it's a HTML5 gizmo, it's easy" so it's sure that he wasn't talking only about video/audio. By the way, that translation isn't present in any desktop browser, not even win safari, but only on the mobile version. Talking about standards in this condition is a hoax and irresponsible.

[MrVeeBlog]

HTML5 clearly isn't ready for prime time but does seem slightly better on the Nexus one than your Ipad video.

[z3ntn3l]

Its interesting to see that those demos running (a little bit) smoother on the Nexus One than on the iPad.

[Athylas]

It was actually a surprise to me to see it running the 3D demos so smoothly.  Going purely by that it says that the Nexus One has a better CPU and graphics combination that the iPad. I know the Snapdragon is a fantastic chip but I also know the resolution on the N1 is lower. First impressions count for a lot though.

[TheSemperFudge]

Hey, numbnuts, I meant he ran all the 3D objects at the same time. That isn't necessarily multitasking since its all on Safari, and regardless, that isn't necessarily the point. Therefore your argument is invalid. I love boolean logic.