[FLOW3-general] HTML5 - The Future of web based applications

[Nils Dehl]

Am 03.07.10 20:39, schrieb Sebastian Michaelsen:
> IMHO you should consider to use HTML5 as Doctype for the TYPO3 Backend.
>
> Switching to HTML5 is not a big deal at all. You only need the change
> the Doctype. You're done. Nothing will break - promised.
>
> After that you'll have the option to use HTML5 APIs instead of ExtJS in
> some places. Why would you want that?
>
> Let's look at an example. ExtJS offers a storing API to store and get
> client side data. This is only neccessary for backwards compatibility to
> old browsers because HTML5 has several APIs of storing Data at the
> client. It's likely that the HTML5 Implementation in your browser is
> more robust, secure and has a better performance.
>
> So the point is: You don't have to use HTML5, but with an HTML5 Doctype
> you have _the option_ to replace ExtJS parts with HTML5 in the future if
> it fits well.
>
> Just a penny dropped while sitting in the Phoenix UI workshop.
>
> Kind regards,
> Sebastian Michaelsen
Hi Sebastian,

thanks for your advice, i'll change this.

looking forward to extjs 4.0 which will bring us more html5 features.

kind regards

Nils Dehl