iPad 2: The HTML5 Developer Scorecard http://www.sencha.com/blog/ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard We tried the latest tablet offering from Apple, the iPad 2. See how it stood up to Sencha’s series of rigorous HTML5 Developer tests. en-us aditya@sencha.com Copyright 2011 2011-03-12T16:19:15+00:00 Comment by Prekybine iranga IPad2 - very good product. IPad2 - very good product.

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:12 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:25426#date:14:12 Comment by Raki Every thing is fine. But iPad2 is not supporting all the features of canvas as well as video tags. It is unable to display the video tag instance as image in canvas….... Every thing is fine. But iPad2 is not supporting all the features of canvas as well as video tags. It is unable to display the video tag instance as image in canvas…....

]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:35 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:24774#date:09:35 Comment by Michael Mullany Hi Paul - you’re right on that. I checked the test pages we were using and they were XHTML not HTML5. I’ll put an update in the blog post to clarify. Hi Paul - you’re right on that. I checked the test pages we were using and they were XHTML not HTML5. I’ll put an update in the blog post to clarify.

]]> Sun, 22 May 2011 23:49 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:21714#date:23:49 Comment by Paul Irish You mentioned that Modernizr was giving you a false negative for inline SVG. I have a little test page for SVG inline with HTML here: http://paulirish.com/demo/inline-svg And it is seemingly failing on iPad2.. I think you might have been testing SVG inline in XHTML, which is a different story. You mentioned that Modernizr was giving you a false negative for inline SVG.

I have a little test page for SVG inline with HTML here: http://paulirish.com/demo/inline-svg
And it is seemingly failing on iPad2..

I think you might have been testing SVG inline in XHTML, which is a different story. smile

]]> Sun, 22 May 2011 23:35 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:21711#date:23:35 Comment by Gabriel Thanks for this post! Thanks for this post!

]]> Mon, 02 May 2011 06:52 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:20439#date:06:52 Comment by bisnis Nice review and best product. Video demo would be nice. Nice review and best product.
Video demo would be nice.

]]> Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:15 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:19196#date:18:15 Comment by Hamranhansenhansen > It’s a shame that HTML5 apps are not using new Nitro engine and work only > at fraction of possible speed. It’s tempting to make conspiracy theory > about crippling AppStore competition… Many App Store apps also have Web views, same as HTML5 apps, and also lack access to the Nitro engine, same as HTML5 apps. So your conspiracy theory would be ludicrously wrong. It’s not HTML5 apps that are being excluded from Nitro, it is 3rd party apps. Likely because of the JIT compiler. But maybe because they just didn’t get it done yet. Maybe we should wait until someone — anyone — creates a better HTML5 app environment than Apple before theorizing that Apple is sabotaging HTML5? Why would App Store need to cheat, anyway? > It’s a shame that HTML5 apps are not using new Nitro engine and work only
> at fraction of possible speed. It’s tempting to make conspiracy theory
> about crippling AppStore competition…

Many App Store apps also have Web views, same as HTML5 apps, and also lack access to the Nitro engine, same as HTML5 apps. So your conspiracy theory would be ludicrously wrong. It’s not HTML5 apps that are being excluded from Nitro, it is 3rd party apps. Likely because of the JIT compiler. But maybe because they just didn’t get it done yet.

Maybe we should wait until someone — anyone — creates a better HTML5 app environment than Apple before theorizing that Apple is sabotaging HTML5? Why would App Store need to cheat, anyway?

]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:50 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18728#date:10:50 Comment by jmmx Well done!! I am impressed! It would be nice to see more side by side comparisons with other products so that it would be easy to compare. Thanks again. Well done!! I am impressed!

It would be nice to see more side by side comparisons with other products so that it would be easy to compare.

Thanks again.

]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:49 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18699#date:01:49 Comment by prekybos iranga IPad’s have so much problems with flash, so no wonder, that html 5 is one of possible solutions. IPad’s have so much problems with flash, so no wonder, that html 5 is one of possible solutions.

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:34 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18686#date:16:34 Comment by Michael Mullany Peter - RIM asked us to hold off on a detailed review until they ship the Playbook, so we did :-| Peter - RIM asked us to hold off on a detailed review until they ship the Playbook, so we did :-|

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:54 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18670#date:01:54 Comment by Peter Hansen Nice article, but you’d promised (after the Xoom HTML5 post) one “next week” showing the “awesomeness” of the PlayBook browser.  Did someone ask you not to post it yet?  Where is it? Nice article, but you’d promised (after the Xoom HTML5 post) one “next week” showing the “awesomeness” of the PlayBook browser.  Did someone ask you not to post it yet?  Where is it?

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:39 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18669#date:01:39 Comment by Rodrick @ same day courier Amazing post Aditya though agree with john to see video demonstration! Great to know about HTML5 browser. I not work with HTML5 yet, but looking forward for your iPad2. When it going to release? Amazing post Aditya though agree with john to see video demonstration! Great to know about HTML5 browser. I not work with HTML5 yet, but looking forward for your iPad2. When it going to release?

]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:38 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18660#date:12:38 Comment by Michael Mullany @ Bill - the Xoom result is always 1.00 - performance for the others is relative to the Xoom. @ Bill - the Xoom result is always 1.00 - performance for the others is relative to the Xoom.

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:27 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18510#date:19:27 Comment by Bill Smith Please check the data for the graph. It appears the Moto Xoom scored the exact same number on every test. I think it more likely that there was a data entry error in generating the graph. Please check the data for the graph. It appears the Moto Xoom scored the exact same number on every test. I think it more likely that there was a data entry error in generating the graph.

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:34 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18494#date:14:34 Comment by alYsa @Michael Mullany Take a look at the latest article in the blog “Sencha Touch: Optimizing Memory Usage”. Developers have to do too many workarounds and hacks - this should be handled by the runtime. Browser is not an OS, and I hope it will never be, otherwise it will be like developing a C++ windows application and having all the hacks done so it would run on Linux, Mac, iOS and Android… If someone masters HTML5, does not mean they are smart or using the right tools for the right job @Michael Mullany
Take a look at the latest article in the blog “Sencha Touch: Optimizing Memory Usage”.
Developers have to do too many workarounds and hacks - this should be handled by the runtime.
Browser is not an OS, and I hope it will never be, otherwise it will be like developing a C++ windows application and having all the hacks done so it would run on Linux, Mac, iOS and Android…
If someone masters HTML5, does not mean they are smart or using the right tools for the right job smile

]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:52 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18435#date:04:52 Comment by alYsa @Michael Mullany That’s OK, hopefully WHATWG is faster than W3C, but the problem is that the core is rotten (HTML, DOM) and they are just gluing crap around it…They should start from the scratch… @Michael Mullany
That’s OK, hopefully WHATWG is faster than W3C, but the problem is that the core is rotten (HTML, DOM) and they are just gluing crap around it…They should start from the scratch…

]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:40 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18433#date:04:40 Comment by Michael Mullany @alYsa - your history needs to be updated. HTML5 was started by the WHATWG as an explicit effort to improve the web browser as an application platform - in reaction to the lack of progress in the W3C on these technologies http://www.whatwg.org/news/start @alYsa - your history needs to be updated. HTML5 was started by the WHATWG as an explicit effort to improve the web browser as an application platform - in reaction to the lack of progress in the W3C on these technologies
http://www.whatwg.org/news/start

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:45 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18417#date:21:45 Comment by J Can you add in the bargraph for which supports Flash? That would be great, thanks. Can you add in the bargraph for which supports Flash? That would be great, thanks.

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:30 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18397#date:16:30 Comment by MS Is it possible to add FireFox on Android to your benchmarks? http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/ Is it possible to add FireFox on Android to your benchmarks?

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:07 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18394#date:15:07 Comment by indicizzazione motori ricerca It would be super when Nitro would be enabled for better JS performances . Please Apple enables it soon ) It would be super when Nitro would be enabled for better JS performances . Please Apple enables it soon smile)

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:48 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18387#date:10:48 Comment by alYsa HTML5 is getting closer to being a real replacement for Microsoft Word (HTML after all is a document language). If everyone is trying to make apps in HTML, why noone is trying to make apps in Word? I bet it would be easier to make a game in Word Probably people still don’t get that HTML was never intended to be an application platform and glueing all these new extensions on top of ugly DOM is quite counter productive. It would be better if W3C would start working on something that would become a new app platform for a cloud-web. Until then, development on the web is becoming more and more ridiculous… HTML5 is getting closer to being a real replacement for Microsoft Word (HTML after all is a document language).
If everyone is trying to make apps in HTML, why noone is trying to make apps in Word? I bet it would be easier to make a game in Word smile
Probably people still don’t get that HTML was never intended to be an application platform and glueing all these new extensions on top of ugly DOM is quite counter productive. It would be better if W3C would start working on something that would become a new app platform for a cloud-web. Until then, development on the web is becoming more and more ridiculous…

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:52 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18370#date:00:52 Comment by Rvanlaak I also love the Sencha blogs, because of articles like these. It exactly is what the Sencha dev wants to know about the current platforms in my opinion. Okay, the iPad2 is the focus in this case, so what I’d like to know is what a beginning Sencha dev should do to create its perfect development environment. Buy an iPad2? I also love the Sencha blogs, because of articles like these. It exactly is what the Sencha dev wants to know about the current platforms in my opinion.

Okay, the iPad2 is the focus in this case, so what I’d like to know is what a beginning Sencha dev should do to create its perfect development environment. Buy an iPad2? wink

]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:26 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18343#date:17:26 Comment by Michael having a hard time getting excited about HTML5 - so many different browsers out there that support different levels or none of it.. its starting to look like coding for different versions of IE all over again. having a hard time getting excited about HTML5 - so many different browsers out there that support different levels or none of it.. its starting to look like coding for different versions of IE all over again.

]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:01 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18337#date:15:01 Comment by Vishal Kumar Singh Thanks a lot Ariya for the explanation. Thanks SenchaInc for the review Thanks a lot Ariya for the explanation.
Thanks SenchaInc for the review

]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:36 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18328#date:06:36 Comment by Ariya Hidayat @Jacob: The short answer is as follows. WebKit is the engine dealing with logic of parsing, DOM, CSS, SVG, etc, the underlying platform still needs to provide the actual mechanism to draw something, get the data via the network, fire on and off timer, manage memory chunks, obtain user location, etc. An analog: even if two cars are using the same combustion engine, their on-the-road performance might be different. There are still few important factors that sit between an engine and the user (or passenger) experience. @Jacob: The short answer is as follows. WebKit is the engine dealing with logic of parsing, DOM, CSS, SVG, etc, the underlying platform still needs to provide the actual mechanism to draw something, get the data via the network, fire on and off timer, manage memory chunks, obtain user location, etc.

An analog: even if two cars are using the same combustion engine, their on-the-road performance might be different. There are still few important factors that sit between an engine and the user (or passenger) experience.

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:18 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18316#date:21:18 Comment by Jacob Why is it that there is such a discrepancy between IOS and Android browser functionality/performance, if they are both running WebKit and similar hardware? Doesn’t WebKit implement all the rendering? Why is it that there is such a discrepancy between IOS and Android browser functionality/performance, if they are both running WebKit and similar hardware? Doesn’t WebKit implement all the rendering?

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:17 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18298#date:16:17 Comment by Aditya Bansod @Kl - my hope is that it’s just a bug that gets fixed in a dot release soon. @Kl - my hope is that it’s just a bug that gets fixed in a dot release soon.

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:55 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18297#date:15:55 Comment by Mats Nice review, agree with the comment about a video. How about something like the “Will it blend?” series? Nice review, agree with the comment about a video. How about something like the “Will it blend?” series? smile

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:29 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18292#date:08:29 Comment by Jay Robinson Henry, look forward to our coverage of some RIM devices soon. Saad, great idea. We’ll definitely look into this for next time! Henry, look forward to our coverage of some RIM devices soon.

Saad, great idea. We’ll definitely look into this for next time!

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:15 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18291#date:05:15 Comment by Trey Copeland Good read! Good read!

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:28 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18288#date:03:28 Comment by kl It’s a shame that HTML5 apps are not using new Nitro engine and work only at fraction of possible speed. It’s tempting to make conspiracy theory about crippling AppStore competition… It’s a shame that HTML5 apps are not using new Nitro engine and work only at fraction of possible speed. It’s tempting to make conspiracy theory about crippling AppStore competition…

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:19 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18286#date:02:19 Comment by Saad Salman Awesome! Video demonstration would be nice. Awesome! Video demonstration would be nice.

]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:48 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18275#date:23:48 Comment by Henry Great write-up!  Sencha is becoming the best destination to get the facts on the state of html5 on phones, tablets, and desktop browsers.  Looks like Apple is smoking the competition, and android is far behind.  Is there hope for RIM or MS? Great write-up!  Sencha is becoming the best destination to get the facts on the state of html5 on phones, tablets, and desktop browsers.  Looks like Apple is smoking the competition, and android is far behind.  Is there hope for RIM or MS?

]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:31 GMT http://www.sencha.com/blog//ipad-2-the-html5-developer-scorecard#id:18272#date:23:31