famo.us is a 2.5-year-old Silicon Valley startup that claims to have solved the performance challenges of HTML5. HTML5 Performance "Performance challenges?" you might ask, but only if you hadn't yet heard the tales of Facebook and LinkedIn turning an about face from...
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It’s famo.us now: HTML5 doesn’t work
Link to a Medium post by Silicon Publishing co-founder Max Dunn describing a 2013 presentation by famo.us, the San Francisco startup rendering dynamic 3D interactivity on mobile browsers at gaming performance levels, in spite of rumored HTML5 failings.
Good News and Bad News for HTML5
I am at the HTML5 Developers' Conference in San Francisco. One of my friends said "it must feel like Christmas for you over there" and it actually does feel that way, not in the sense of "everything is easy now" but more in the sense of "our path forward is clear."...
A Great Technologist Passes
I only saw Steve Jobs twice, but he had a huge influence on my life at about 5 points that come to mind. I am very proud that such a person would come from Northern California, and Steve Jobs certainly represents the best you find in humanity. Really, the culture of...
How the Web has advanced since its original design
I just set up a basic Web site (WordPress blog) for a friend, Paris Tompkins. This took only a few minutes' spare time, including the hosting, DNS, customization. She chose the theme herself; I just made the side look OK and added the vital "Add to Any" plugin. I...