web 2.0, frontend, ajax, flash, css, dhtml, php

i searched about html5 mobile support and found this great post.

Things that I thought about were while reading the post:

1. HTML5 features for the mobile site may accelerate adaption of better mobile browser to mobile devices. For those who do not have the latest phone, sorry, but you might have more choices soon?
2. it’s not directly related to this html5 mobile support post, but voice lines may be dead soon. Instead, it will be all about data plan as voice call can be made through app. Which may trigger mobile device companies such as motorola or samsung to adapt full browsing experience for all their devices *faster*. More html5 enabled borwser penetration rate follows? who knows.
3. mobile web application doesn’t necessarily have to be complex application. Even with a simple site, using html5 new APIs, site can fully utilize all the awesome features (geolocation, etc)
4. HTML5 applications are mainly for iPhone, Android, and Palm Web OS devices. Nothing else.

Today I decided to test out Node.js (the trend in web tech) on nginx. Of course I googled it and found this link.

I already have nginx running on my server, so I did not have to install nginx again. Only pkgs that I needed were git-core and monit.

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Web vs. Mobile web

I may be wrong, but it seems to me that many tech companies are investing more resources (engineering, marketing, and budget) into mobile strategy. The example? Apple.

It’s still that web pages are more dominant than mobile web pages, but more and more companies are providing alternative web pages just for mobile devices (mobile webkit).

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