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HTML5 not ready for prime time? Sencha builds Fastbook, says not so fast

December 18, 2012—Facebook, may not yet be an expert source for advice on consumer internet monetization, but when the world's largest social network talks technology, the industry listens. So when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg suggested that his company made a mistake in betting on HTML5 and decided to rebuild the Facebook iOS app in response to user criticism about poor experience and performance, a lot of people took note. eConsultancy

Fastbook: Sencha Wants to Prove HTML5 Is “Ready”

December 18, 2012—Sencha has created Fastbook, an HTML5 application closely mocking Facebook’s native application and displaying similar performance both on iOS and Android in an attempt to demonstrate that “HTML5 is ready.” InfoQ

Developer suggests that Facebook was the problem with Facebook’s app, not HTML5

December 17, 2012—When Mark Zuckerberg said that "the biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5 instead of native," web tool developer Sencha set out to disprove his claims. The Verge

ON SENCHA’S FASTBOOK “HTML5 TECH DEMO”

December 17, 2012—You might have seen the big splash Sencha landed today with their Fastbook HTML5 demo showing that using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript you can make a damn responsive version of Facebook. Christian Heilmann

HTML5 framework maker Sencha challenges developers to build awesome Web-based apps

December 17, 2012—Sencha, a startup that builds HTML5 app development tools, is trying to prove that HTML5 apps are the future through a new competition offering $10,000 in cash as well as an iPhone, iPad, Galaxy S3, Nexus 10, Surface tablet, and a pass to the SenchaCon in 2013. The company, which claims half of the Fortune 100 companies as clients, has tasked developers with building HTML5-based apps that surpass what is available on IOS and Android. Pando Daily

Sencha demonstrates HTML 5 can be faster than native iOS or Android apps (Facebook example)

December 17, 2012—You've heard that Facebook switched from HTML 5 to "native" apps on iOS and Android recently to "speed them up." That pissed off the developers from Sencha. Robert Scoble

Facebook vs. Fastbook: Developers offended by Zuckerberg knock on HTML5 make clone app

December 17, 2012—A team of mobile app developers offended by Facebook czar Mark Zuckerberg dissing HTML5 have created a Facebook app that they say works better than native versions because of the HTML5 coding. NetworkWorld

Sencha enthuses about HTML5 and CSS progress

December 14, 2012—On the Sencha blog, Michael Mullany has written about the current state of HTML5 and CSS3, and enthused about the progress that's been made since the introduction of the technologies. "It's been almost three years since HTML5 entered the mainstream," he said, citing January 2010 as "month zero for the HTML5 boom". .net Magazine

A Comparison: Microsoft Surface and iPad 4

December 04, 2012—This week, we've been putting both the iPad 4 and the Microsoft Surface tablet through their paces. In our testing, we're happy to say that both tablets are very solid HTML5 platforms. Internet Explorer 10 on the Surface has a broad, well implemented HTML5 feature set that mostly meets and occasionally exceeds mobile Safari's. Web 2.0 Journal

Forrester: open source project explosion driving a “golden era” in app dev

November 28, 2012—The explosion in open source projects in the HTML, mobile, cloud and big data spaces such as Android, jQuery, PhoneGap, Sencha, Hadoop and Cordova are driving a new model and a golden age of "app" development, Forrester Research says. ZDNet