Comments for Adventures in Code http://roblaplaca.com/blog Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on iPad and iPhone html5 video autoplay by jesper http://roblaplaca.com/blog/2010/04/14/ipad-and-iphone-html5-video-autoplay/#comment-280 jesper Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:44:10 +0000 http://roblaplaca.com/blog/?p=75#comment-280 I think I found a solution for autoplay Try to scan the QR code here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8276202/autoplay-audio-with-ios-5-mobile-safari-any-workarounds-left /jesper I think I found a solution for autoplay

Try to scan the QR code here
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8276202/autoplay-audio-with-ios-5-mobile-safari-any-workarounds-left

/jesper

]]> Comment on Understanding CSS cubic-bezier by Lee http://roblaplaca.com/blog/2011/03/11/understanding-css-cubic-bezier/#comment-279 Lee Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:39:16 +0000 http://roblaplaca.com/blog/?p=293#comment-279 Use: -moz- -webkit- with:- transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(1,0,1,0); in you CSS, have a play with the figures. Use:

-moz-
-webkit-

with:-

transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(1,0,1,0);

in you CSS, have a play with the figures.

]]> Comment on iPad and iPhone html5 video autoplay by drew http://roblaplaca.com/blog/2010/04/14/ipad-and-iphone-html5-video-autoplay/#comment-278 drew Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:22:21 +0000 http://roblaplaca.com/blog/?p=75#comment-278 First Apple disables flash motivating us to html5. Then they cripple html5 in favor of ultra competitive anti open source practices. Apple was going down hill due to alienating developers. History repeats. Iphone will lose market share to Android. At least Google stole the linux kernel and kept it pretty open. Apples steals the linux kernel and closes everything. Webkit should stop supporting Safari. First Apple disables flash motivating us to html5. Then they cripple html5 in favor of ultra competitive anti open source practices. Apple was going down hill due to alienating developers. History repeats. Iphone will lose market share to Android. At least Google stole the linux kernel and kept it pretty open. Apples steals the linux kernel and closes everything. Webkit should stop supporting Safari.

]]> Comment on Flash was murdered by Ian http://roblaplaca.com/blog/2011/11/20/flash-was-murdered/#comment-276 Ian Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:27:44 +0000 http://roblaplaca.com/blog/?p=358#comment-276 Yeah, but Flash was kind of stupid from the beginning. It always crashed, worked less well than HTML with internet explorer, created big files that were difficult to navigate and link back to, and was was generally the last thing I wanted to encounter as a user. I'm glad to see it go. Yeah, but Flash was kind of stupid from the beginning. It always crashed, worked less well than HTML with internet explorer, created big files that were difficult to navigate and link back to, and was was generally the last thing I wanted to encounter as a user. I’m glad to see it go.

]]> Comment on Understanding CSS cubic-bezier by James http://roblaplaca.com/blog/2011/03/11/understanding-css-cubic-bezier/#comment-275 James Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:11:17 +0000 http://roblaplaca.com/blog/?p=293#comment-275 This is extremely useful information and the tool helps to make things very clear. Thanks! This is extremely useful information and the tool helps to make things very clear. Thanks!

]]> Comment on iPad and iPhone html5 video autoplay by freakqnc http://roblaplaca.com/blog/2010/04/14/ipad-and-iphone-html5-video-autoplay/#comment-269 freakqnc Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:58:38 +0000 http://roblaplaca.com/blog/?p=75#comment-269 Then the state of the iOS/safari as it relates to videos and autoplay is that Apple has completely rendered useless the HTML5 autoplay attribute of the video element altogether, instead off giving users the ability to set a preference where they could uncheck the default behavior of autoplay within Safari, or make such preference behave differently according to the connection detected by the OS and therefore set different defaults to apply when connected via wifi (always autoplay) or when on wireless data (autoplay default = never). This behavior hardcoded in iOS, effectively prevents web designers to specify autoplaying content which despite what Apple thinks it should be, it's not always helpful and often creates unnecessary issues and limitations that disrupt user experience. Besides that was the only way to swap animated flash content with a short video animation and now we're back serving animated gif or static jpegs instead... Is that Apple-retro attempt to make the web go back in time to the web of the '90s? ;P Wow... how can Apple not suck these days when? They can de-facto rewrite and trump web standard when they please and as they see fit, because of the closed environment they created for their products. I guess that's further expression of how they really have gone form "think different" (which was ages ago) to "All you base are belong to us!". Should anyone find a fix/workaround, that would be much appreciated! In the meantime thanks to Rob and all others who are putting their efforts in finding way to make things usable again despite Apple boycotting developers and web designers alike. Thanks guys! :) Then the state of the iOS/safari as it relates to videos and autoplay is that Apple has completely rendered useless the HTML5 autoplay attribute of the video element altogether, instead off giving users the ability to set a preference where they could uncheck the default behavior of autoplay within Safari, or make such preference behave differently according to the connection detected by the OS and therefore set different defaults to apply when connected via wifi (always autoplay) or when on wireless data (autoplay default = never). This behavior hardcoded in iOS, effectively prevents web designers to specify autoplaying content which despite what Apple thinks it should be, it’s not always helpful and often creates unnecessary issues and limitations that disrupt user experience. Besides that was the only way to swap animated flash content with a short video animation and now we’re back serving animated gif or static jpegs instead… Is that Apple-retro attempt to make the web go back in time to the web of the ’90s? ;P

Wow… how can Apple not suck these days when? They can de-facto rewrite and trump web standard when they please and as they see fit, because of the closed environment they created for their products. I guess that’s further expression of how they really have gone form “think different” (which was ages ago) to “All you base are belong to us!”.

Should anyone find a fix/workaround, that would be much appreciated! In the meantime thanks to Rob and all others who are putting their efforts in finding way to make things usable again despite Apple boycotting developers and web designers alike. Thanks guys! :)

]]> Comment on iPad and iPhone html5 video autoplay by Rob http://roblaplaca.com/blog/2010/04/14/ipad-and-iphone-html5-video-autoplay/#comment-264 Rob Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:35:25 +0000 http://roblaplaca.com/blog/?p=75#comment-264 They just link directly to the video, and it autoplays. This is fine because it's just piggy-backing the browser behavior. I think many people want to initiate video with NO user interaction. For example, have a video playing on page load on the iPad. That is the kind of interaction Apple doesn't want to happen. They just link directly to the video, and it autoplays. This is fine because it’s just piggy-backing the browser behavior.

I think many people want to initiate video with NO user interaction. For example, have a video playing on page load on the iPad. That is the kind of interaction Apple doesn’t want to happen.

]]> Comment on iPad and iPhone html5 video autoplay by Huge http://roblaplaca.com/blog/2010/04/14/ipad-and-iphone-html5-video-autoplay/#comment-263 Huge Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:59:52 +0000 http://roblaplaca.com/blog/?p=75#comment-263 ESPN has figured it out. http://m.espn.go.com Scroll down and click a video. Video starts to auto play in both Android & IOS. How do they do this? ESPN has figured it out.
http://m.espn.go.com
Scroll down and click a video.
Video starts to auto play in both Android & IOS. How do they do this?

]]> Comment on iPad and iPhone html5 video autoplay by Devy http://roblaplaca.com/blog/2010/04/14/ipad-and-iphone-html5-video-autoplay/#comment-260 Devy Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:59:40 +0000 http://roblaplaca.com/blog/?p=75#comment-260 Thanks Rob! Thanks Rob!

]]> Comment on iPad and iPhone html5 video autoplay by Rob http://roblaplaca.com/blog/2010/04/14/ipad-and-iphone-html5-video-autoplay/#comment-259 Rob Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:53:18 +0000 http://roblaplaca.com/blog/?p=75#comment-259 This fix stopped working in iOS4, and hasn't resume working in ANY newer versions. The problem I outlined involves using HTML5 video in Mobile Safari, apparently it was an issue with App development as well, which I can't speak to. But for App development there seems to be a workaround. My recommendation is to NOT use autoplay. There have been a few hacks to get it to work in the past, however, Apple seems to squash any workarounds with subsequent releases of iOS because they don't want you to do it in Mobile Safari. This fix stopped working in iOS4, and hasn’t resume working in ANY newer versions. The problem I outlined involves using HTML5 video in Mobile Safari, apparently it was an issue with App development as well, which I can’t speak to. But for App development there seems to be a workaround.

My recommendation is to NOT use autoplay. There have been a few hacks to get it to work in the past, however, Apple seems to squash any workarounds with subsequent releases of iOS because they don’t want you to do it in Mobile Safari.

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