Adobe Launches Flash to HTML Conversion Tool - Wallaby

Earlier this week Adobe announced a new technology called Wallaby that will enable its users to convert Flash projects into HTML5. Unlike the Flash iPhone Packager, Wallaby will not be able to convert any ActionScript into interactive HTML5 content, instead the tool simply makes it possible to convert Graphical content in FLA files into HTML5 ready content that may be displayed on webkit browers and iOS devices such as the iPhone and the iPad. Wallaby conversion works only with FLA files written in AS3 format.

You can learn more about Wallaby and download it from Adobe Labs, but you should note that this is an early technology showcase, so do not expect it to be bug-free.

Vimeo Joins HTML5 with Hybrid Flash-HTML5 Video Viewer

Video hosting site Vimeo is the latest to join the HTML5 craze, launching a new web player that can automatically detect the hardware of the end user and play videos either in Adobe Flash or HTML5 format. The service will take account hardware requirements, browser, and the connection speed. HTML5's advantage is that it will make Vimeo's content more accessible to mobile devices, such as those that don't support Adobe's Flash plug-in, such as Apple's iPhone and iPad.

According to Vimeo, the embed codes are the same in the Flash version or HTML5 version. The browser and bandwidth will determine which version--HTML5 or Flash--gets loaded.

Also new to the service is a "Watch Later" option that will allow users to bookmark videos for later viewing.

Microsoft's IE9 breaks into HTML5 & CSS3

The Comic Sans of the web browsers looks like it might just be in for a revival.

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  Source: w3schools.com

I think it's fair to say that IE9 looks to be about the most exciting and positive thing Microsoft have done with a browser for a long, long time.
Microsoft's browser market share is in what looks like terminal decline so releasing a browser that gets the support of the web development community should surely boost, or at least stabilise, their share.  And what is it that makes the web development community deride IE? ... well partly its the legacy of IE6 - a browser that still makes up nearly 10% of the market - and partly it's IE7 and 8's total lack of support for any of the new technologies that are driving web innovation...

Is that all about to change?!

Looks like it.  Certainly moving in the right direction anyway.  Today we're very proud to be adding IE9 to our list of browsers on our Web Designer's Browser Support Checklist.
What's remarkable is that those big columns of crosses we've all been sniggering about for months are finally starting to disperse.. there are a few chinks of green-tick emerging from the IE columns after all.

What does IE9 support? Are these real results?

Well, largely, the new IE9 results are real results.  They were recorded with the help of one of the IE9 developers who was kind enough to guide me through a couple of details as to what IE9 will and won't support - because my IE9 preview is having some script gremlins...   Most of the results were recorded with the IE9 Preview #2.  We've had to patch the target-selector result ( because of a bug with the way fmbip redirects to the hash-tag ) and a couple of the codecs but that's all.

The good news

The good news therefore is IE9 will bring full support for CSS3 selectors and HTML5 embedded content to the third of the world who use IE.  There'll also be limited support for CSS3 properties and HTML5 web applications, the latter available since IE8.

The bad news

From what I understand IE9 will still miss a lot of the newer, designer's CSS3 properties that Safari and Chrome (and FF to an extent ) provide; Border Image, Gradients, Reflections, Animations & Transitions etc.

There's also no sign of any of the new form elements or attributes either... but then, as you can see from our scores these are still so poorly supported by other browsers that they're not really usable yet.

Apple Advocates HTML5 With A Safari (Only Showcase)

Apple has decided that actions speak louder than words or Thoughts on Flash, and has published an HTML5 showcase, advocating open web standards as the future of the web. The one touch of irony? The demos are Safari-only.

While it’s clear the reason for this is that HTML5 is still in it’s infancy and support across varying browsers isn’t perfect, this might backfire and end up garnering support for Adobe’s Flash platform.
The demos highlight the advanced features of HTML5, including video, typography, animations, transitions and 3D.

Accessing the site in any browser other than Safari displays an error message, but hopefully as HTML5 becomes more standardized and accepted, the showcase can become more widespread.
Apple and Adobe have been bickering back and forth on this ever since the iPhone was released with no Flash support. At this year’s D8 conference, Jobs maintained that Apple was tired of being trashed in the press.
Your move, Adobe.

Source: Daring Fireball