It is an interesting site where you can read about some of new developments in HTML 5 and try the browser compatibility test page where you can see how your browser stacks up out of a total score of 160 points.

It was interesting to note that Chrome finished first with 137/160, Safari second with 113/160, Opera third with 102/160, Firefox a sluggish 100/160, and the usual suspect Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8), Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9 )scoring a blazing 19/160 points.

The finals results were:

You can also read up abou stuff that is going on a Youtube in terms of new browser based features and Apple moving more towards HTML 5 video than flash.

I really think that the flash era is coming to an end very fast, unfortunately for Adobe. This is mainly because the advent of advanced javascript libraries like jQuery, and HTML 5 video there may be no need for the extra layer any more.

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