[CEUD-ICT] <canvas>: the Flash Killer? (was Joe Clark on the (technical) future of e-books...)

[Barry McMullin]

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010, Joshue O Connor wrote:

> What is interesting is that there isn't a direct one to one mapping
> between the <canvas> API in HTML 5 and Flash. Flash is, at this stage,
> far more advanced.

Hi Josh -

Many thanks for that accessibility-specific info on HTML5 canvas
- it is very helpful.

[And just in case there was any confusion: I was not, and am not,
advocating in favour of canvas over flash (whatever about HTML5
in general).  I was just trying to "objectively" summarise the
wider (non-accessibility) context of the current flash versus
HTML5/canvas "fuss"...]

Best regards - Barry.

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