A few months ago, HTML5 advocates trumpeted the death of Flash. These were not small time players (Apple and Microsoft). As an eLearning geek, I lean pretty heavily on the “ubiquitous” Flash Platform to deliver content for me. We have Adobe Captivate in all our training content developer’s hands to get eLearning material in a format that our LCMS can track.
I have been working in HTML5 for a while now, sifting through the “not yet solidified” standards, and looking to see how it will benefit my work. We have all been working in HD video for a while now and H.264 seems to do it better than most at a usable file size. I have long been a fan of the H.264 standard for video so I am rooting for HTML5. It also appears that Sharepoint2010 seems to be pretty friendly toward H.264 video….So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice. (#Carl Spackler)
HTML5 seems to be a great plus for those of us considering mLearning on platforms like the iPad and other Tablets coming in the near future. This is obviously a little more “long-term” goal but….certainly on my list of things to watch.
For me, HTML5 has progressed to a point where I am going to make sure I keep working in it. I think it is certainly a viable enough technology that it will be a player at some point, just not today. So, do you care yet? Is HTML5 anything or are you taking a wait and see approach?
