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The future of HTML is looking bright: file-system and external device access in the works
This is yet another big change that will make its way into the working draft of HTML5 -- a specification that isn't actually due for release until 2022, believe it or not -- but we may see the 'device selector' appear a little sooner than that, as it seems to be part of a broader effort to 'modernize' HTML.
As a simple, gentle aside: guess who the editor of the HTML5 specification is? It's Ian Hickson, the mastermind behind the Acid2 and Acid3 tests, and also an employee of Google. I think it's a pretty safe bet, considering these fortuitous and purely coincidental circumstances, that Google's Chrome browser will be primed to take advantage of the full HTML5 specification.
[via CNET]
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Subscribe to comments216Dec 16th 2009 1:04PM
HTML5 = Google's Master Plan to take over the world
Sebastian AnthonyDec 16th 2009 6:37PM
You think they will wait until 2022 to take over the world?
That's awfully conservative...
But yes, I agree!
Marty K.Dec 16th 2009 2:01PM
What I don't understand is how Sebastian Anthony can cite an article that is 15 months old! I'm referring to the source article of the 2022 figure. Even if the deadline of HTML5 hadn't been altered in the last 15 months, it's irresponsible to cite such old sources and think you're maintaining unquestioned credibility.
Sebastian AnthonyDec 16th 2009 6:36PM
Hm? I had a look for other sources, and there's nothing countermanding the '2022' date. The entire roadmap is given on that link also.
You know, the Internet moves fast, but sometimes a 15-month article is still definitive :P
Andrew PollackDec 16th 2009 2:08PM
direct html access to your built in webcam. What could go wrong?
Sebastian AnthonyDec 16th 2009 6:35PM
American Pie here we come...!
(Yay!)
JamesDec 17th 2009 1:44AM
So... plans to take the OS out of the equation, making the browser into the OS, well underway. In totally unrelated news, random malware websites can now view your tax returns.
Sebastian AnthonyDec 17th 2009 5:10PM
I think you've basically hit that one on the head: the browser will become the OS.
Of course, there are many, many layers of abstraction underneath that need to be really strong (such as HTML). But there's always going to be a business for the graphics drivers, the hardware...
But I suppose we'll begin to see 'cut down' Windows OSes that only run a web browser...