Is the web dead? Pesta Blogger+ 2010 October 30, 2010 Jakarta, Indonesia
May 12, 2015
Is the web dead?Pesta Blogger+ 2010October 30, 2010Jakarta, Indonesia
a moment of silence please
Intro: 11 years blogging
Mozilla mission
Mozilla’s mission is to promote choice, innovation and participation on the Internet.
Mozilla is
- a global open-source project of thousands
- over 400 million users worldwide
- the non-profit organization behind Firefox and Thunderbird
Is the web dead?
Wired Magazine, Aug. 2010
“The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet”
Is the web dead?
October 2010: Apple passes Research In Motion (RIM) to become the #4 mobile handset vendor
Native Applications (iApps/Android apps)
Is the web dead?
for Mozillathe future isthe open web
HTML 4.01 - circa 1999
11 years later...
HTML5 - final draft 2010
Innovation on the web with HTML5 is just starting in 2010
Is the web dead?
Not only HTML5
CSS 3 (draft)
Web Open Font Format any font, on the web
WebGL 3D graphics on the web
Geolocation GPS/location service for the web
Websockets (draft) instant updates from the web
Web Workers parallel processing on the web
Indexed Database API local (browser) database for the web
Audio Data API visualize music on the web (Mozilla proposal)
GPU Hardware Acceleration make everything go faster (OS-dependent)
Multi-touch support pinch-to-zoom, etc.
Browser share: 2003
95%
Browser share: 2010
60%
5% 8%
23%
Net Applications, Sept 2010
HTML 5 browsers in 2011
Firefox 4.0 beta
test Firefox 4 today
Firefox 4 - AreWeFastYet.com?
• Sept. 15, 2010 - Firefox 4 passes Apple Safari on v8bench
• Oct. 15, 2010 - Firefox 4 passes Safari & Chrome on Sunspider
Firefox 4 - Panorama
Firefox 4 - Sync
Firefox 4
• HTML5
• WebGL
• CSS3 Transitions
• Audio Data API
• Direct2D Hardware acceleration (Windows currently)
• HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
• Multi-touch support (Windows 7)
• New UI, application tabs, Panorama
• Not a complete list, more to come!
Firefox for mobile (Beta)
for Android & Maemo/Meego
Is the web dead?
Is the web dead?
“Content providers are seeking a way to deliver rich interactive applications using the tools and skills they already have. They want an end-to-end solution that enables them to rapidly reach multiple platforms with reasonable deployment costs,” -- Bob Muglia, Microsoft (2007)Microsoft Unveils Silverlight to Power the Next Generation of Media Experiences on the Web (Microsoft PR, 2007)
Is the web dead?
“Our strategy has shifted... HTML is the only true cross platform solution for everything, including (Apple’s) iOS platform,” - Bob Muglia, Microsoft(Microsoft: Our strategy with Silverlight has shifted - ZDNet, 10/29/2010)
Wired Magazine, Aug. 2010
•“The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet”
Wired, August 2010
YouTube and web videos are categorized as “video” when they are viewed in a browser.
If “video” is added to “web” then the web is winning
PestaBlogger+ 2010
“The Web Is Not Dead. Long Live the Web”
for Mozillathe future isthe open web
Thank you!
Mozilla in Asia weblog
http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/