HTML5 embarrassment: Mobile browsers silencing developers

Cross-platform, good compatibility, instant updates, lightweight and compact ... HTML5 's various advantages were once touted as if the app form would be subverted in minutes, HTML5 would eminence. And now such a sound less and more, especially in the hands of the tour, there is not a HTML5 game appears in the water list. "The effect of HTML5 even catch up with the client, and few machines can run." "Palm Entertainment wireless COO Huanghaiyu said. Firefox OS has been on the road, HTML5 imagination More and more space, but in the road to a better future, HTML5 suffered some embarrassment. Mobile browser silencing: What does HTML5 have to do with himself? 2011, UC Browser released a new version of the U3 kernel, the kernel based on open source project WebKit Two development, HTML5 compatibility greatly enhanced. Then the major manufacturers have to follow up, and even set off the true and false kernel of the battle and run the division. UC called its U3 core based on WebKit as an independent kernel, UC excellent as chairman and CEO Yu on the true and false core of the speech once provoked opposition protests, the acrimony of the parties to the end of the "pseudo proposition" of the statement temporarily ended. And then the parties in the HTML5 run the tug of war is a full start, Oupeng, proud tour, QQ and other browsers have to fight, the families are trying to spread the performance of their own core by running points, this leap-forward type of run from the original 180 more points gradually upgraded to 285, 369, Eventually, with a dolphin lab version of 450 points, the score is even more than the Chrome browser, the latest version of Chrome on the mobile end of only 386 points, the combatants seem to be in the soaring numbers find the thrill of the super-British drive. After a year, mobile browsers have rarely mentioned the concept of WebApp, HTML5 run points and independent kernels, UC by the nine swim in the hands of the wind in the twisting, proud to focus on mining and PC-side synchronization functions, Oupeng will more hope pinned on the search. Fei, a senior programmer in one of the above browsers, said that HTML5 and browsers are completely different concepts, HTML5 's largest container is not a browser, now micro-bo and micro-letter two major traffic portals have been embedded in the browser, there may be googleglass and other unpredictable interaction tools, and the browser is just a monotonous carrier. It is understood that many apps have used HTML5 technology, but more is HTML5 with the local app combination, the form is still the client, Huanghaiyu Introduction, Palm Entertainment wireless Hand Tour "Dragon will be Matchless" through the HTML5 package will reduce the volume to more than 40 m. Mobile browser manufacturers have found that the HTML5 technology they have worked so hard to end up making a wedding dress for others, but not too much relationship with themselves, and at this time as a natural flow portal browser facing the hand of the opportunity to visit, UC and proud of the tour are flocking, as a channel, they have to do is intermodal and promotion, as for the client orWeb Form, this is not the point. Another industry source revealed that Apple and Google do not resist webapp, but the future if WebApp become the mainstream, it must be Apple and Google rely on WebKit to the bottom of the system into a browser, similar to the Firefox OS, rather than relying on third-party browsers to implement. Developers are confused: good compatibility? One of the big advantages of HTML5 is that it has good cross-platform compatibility under the unified standards of the World Wide Web, and it seems that compatibility and performance are already in place as browsers have already made the run points in the global first. Huanghaiyu says it's not that simple. The first is performance, for the game, the effect of HTML5 even catch up with the client, the hardware requirements will be much higher, low-end machine there is no way to run very smoothly, the second is the standard, the current domestic browser QQ, UC, Safari, Oupeng, proud tour and all kinds of strange built-in browser, Said is the WebKit kernel, but after two development standards are not unified, and the HTML5 package performance depends on the mobile phone's built-in browser (rather than third party) performance, now too many low-end phones, built-in browser performance is not satisfactory, but increased the cost of adaptation. "System built-in browser standards are not uniform, each version of each platform is not the same, the compatibility cost is very high, the programmer hands to take more than 10 devices, every day silently streaming tears to sleep." "Fei said. The current UC U3 kernel, mobile phone QQ browser X5 core, dolphin "speed core", are based on the WebKit development, in the running points in the United States, in the overall performance is not all satisfactory. Shei Zibin, chairman of the Chinese group of HTML5, said that running points was more about testing whether a feature was supported than how well it was supported, so running points did not represent overall performance. To improve the performance of the game, Oupeng developed the HTML5 GPU acceleration engine SPHINX,UC developed X-canvas to improve the performance of the game through hardware acceleration, but Shei Zibin said that for many developers, HTML5 game is a new area with few resources and documents, Development experience is also not rich in native app, there is still a long way to go. WebApp vs Native App: Who can not replace who in Baidu 1.9 billion U.S. dollars acquisition of 91 wireless, mobile end app value is again, there is analysis that future app will not be mainstream, based on HTML5 WEBAPP will replace the native app, Android Market CEO Han Yuan that, The current mobile end of the ecosystem is mainly iOS and Android, both the client-like form of the formation of a stable ecosystem, webapp to replace the app, from the source is difficult. On the other hand, Han Yuan that webapp to do fine like to download a lot of elements from the Internet, in the traffic is very valuable, the original app will still be mainstream, now sing down app is too early. HTML5 game developers Lei Friend Technology researchHTML5 game, "The Hunter of the Mercenary", its co-founder, Zhao, has written about the harrowing experience of its HTML5 game in the Apple Store, which, because of its web-based game, recommends that it be submitted to Webappstore, which has almost zero traffic to the game, The team then changed the game drastically, adjusting the ratio of native code and Web script to 3:7, and registering the Apple account for approval. Zhao said that Apple may be in the external chain, Third-party billing and other aspects of concern, so still need to integrate with the original application. Mammoth Browser author Ji Shu said that now to make HTML5 completely match the original app is not practical, the two are not the problem of who killed who, at present, at the mobile end of the division of labor, native app suitable for intensive work and hardware interaction, HTML5 suitable for typesetting more complex and flexible products, In the future, it is more important to let HTML5 and native code better interact and cooperate to realize a complete cow x product. The low-end of the Firefox OS phone has been on sale in LA Americas, the same based on the HTML5 Samsung Tizen system will be used for vehicles and other platforms, there will still be a variety of successful and unsuccessful attempts, the HTML5 application of the future is no doubt, in fact its advantages are not denied, But trying to replace native apps with HTML5 apps is not a sensible option at this stage. Whether it is webapp, micro-letter applications or the original app, are not antagonistic relationship, the core of the entrepreneur is not the product form, but the value of the service itself, the shape of the future of the app is still difficult to predict, but no matter how the product to provide users with the value of the core.