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Besides that, what about HTML? I dare to say not many have heard its name. Even though, it was the one of the pioneers of the dot com age, only people whom are tech savvy or IT-literate would know. Experienced it? Well yes, as it is the predominant markup language for web pages. Everything you see on this page is mostly structured by HTML.
Recently, HTML 5 popped its head in the computing world. Many thought that HTML5′s latest video embedding support would kick Flash off its bed of laurels. Sadly, HTML5′s recent performance test done by Jan Ozer of the Streaming Learning Centre website isn’t exactly showing that.
They performed numerous tests using various browsers – Safari, Google Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer, on both current platforms – Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s Mac.
Let’s draw down the winning moments for both. HTML5 performed well in Safari on a Mac, but it was hazy with Google Chrome or Firefox. For Flash 10.1, it was rock solid on Windows, and was 58% even better than HTML 5 in Google Chrome.
What was the smoking gun between the two? It was the advantage of GPU hardware acceleration. On Windows, Flash has the privilege to use it, but on a Mac, it did not have. Something that Adobe Inc. isn’t too happy about with Apple Inc.
Imagine this, if Mac allows the use of GPU acceleration, Flash and HTML5 would be on par with each other. This means one less plugin to install, as HTML is standard by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), where all browsers are required to observe.
Via [Engadget]
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