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Mobile Devices First for HTML5

Since IE is so far behind with HTML5 implementation and Firefox is behind on CSS3 implementation, Webkit is the clear leader in HTML5 and CSS3 standards compliance.[1]

For various reasons, Webkit is also a favourite amongst mobile platform providers as preferred web content rendering engine.[Webkit on Wikipedia]

It stands to reason that counter intuitively for this iteration in web technologies standards compliance and availability, our mobile phones will lead while the desktop will follow.

In short: all the cool features in HTML5 and CSS3 will be on your phone before it hits your desktop. Strange, but true.

ExtJs now Sencha

ExtJs – that heavy but very useful Javascript framework and library we have all grown to respect – are moving along with the HTML5 mobile phenomenon and have partnered with jQTouch and Raphaël projects in order to propel them into the future and gear them form the new standards push for mobile devices. In this move, they are also rebranding as Sencha.

It is an exciting time to watch how a new web standard pushes itself to the foreground and becomes a force of it’s own due to nothing more than it’s merits. Laggers like IE and (to some extend) Firefox will have no choice to deal. It’s been a long time coming, and now it is here – in a big way.