Building the
Web Platform
Arun Ranganathan
(Evangelist. Standards Wonk.)
hacks.mozilla.org

First, Some Credo Stuff
promote
Open
choice
and
Public
innovation
on the
Accessible
Internet

Where’s the Web Going?
• Towards Scriptable Hardware (APIs)
• Evolving Graphics and Visualization
• “Out of the Box” Audio and Video
• Even Better Mashups
• More Style

API Overview
• Cross-site XMLHttpRequest (and
postMessage)
• Geolocation
• File API Access
• Orientation Events
• Video and Camera APIs
• Multitouch Interfaces

Graphics
• SVG
• Canvas (HTML5)
• 3D Graphics with WebGL

Audio and Video
• The Problem With Plugins
• HTML5 Video Element
• HTML5 Audio Element

More Style
• CSS 2.1 Support in IE8
• CSS3 Web Fonts
• CSS3 Selectors

Questions?
• There are no foolish questions, only fools
who do not question.

about:arun
• twitter.com/arun
• arunranga.com
• arun@mozilla.com