Articles by Chris Heilmann
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Introducing BrowserID – easier and safer authentication on the web
Security on the web is more important than ever. Almost weekly reports of exploits of information and leaks into the public make it hard for a lot of people to trust the internet. One of the main annoyances is that every service expect us to have a login and password. As we use lots of […]
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People of HTML5: Mr. Doob
HTML5 needs spokespeople to work. There are a lot of people out there who took on this role, and here at Mozilla we thought it is a good idea to introduce some of them to you with a series of interviews and short videos. The format is simple – we send the experts 10 questions […]
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HTML5 Battles still to be won – a talk at Open Web Camp III
Last Saturday was the Open Web Camp at Stanford University in Palo Alto. Around 300 developers, designers and project managers signed up to hear up-to-date information about web technologies, accessibility and design. The event was free and, although it started very early for Silicon Valley standards, very well attended. Mozilla’s contribution (other than being a […]
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Lights, Camera, Action! July Dev Derby is all about HTML5 Video!
Show off your coolest video hack in July’s Mozilla Dev Derby! Moving pictures have always fascinated people. From the first zoetropes to the multi million dollar blockbusters of today – seeing things move grabs our attention as humans much better than any clever copy or imagery could. Video was alien to the web for a […]
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Webinar: Deconstructing HTML5 video (The Spirit of Indiana Jones, Redux)
Update 2011-07-20: The video recording of this webinar is now available: On Thursday, July 14th, at 16:00 UTC, Chris Heilmann will give second in the (so far sporadic) Mozilla Developer Engagement webinar series, discussing syncing HTML5 video with Google maps, using his “Spirit of Indiana Jones” demo as an example. Chris has already blogged about […]
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With the power of HTML5 – speaking at Converge SE in Columbia, SC
Last week the Converge SE conference in Columbia, South Carolina attracted about 400 designers, developers and product managers to attend workshops and hear keynotes about all that is new and great in web development. As you can see on the conference schedule the conference covered a lot of topics, ranging from building communities and providing […]
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JSMad – a JavaScript MP3 decoder
It always amazes me just how fast modern browsers and their JavaScript engines are. And how creative people get when trying to make things work inside a browser instead of relying on a plugin that our end users would have to install (and more importantly constantly keep up to date). The latest thing that make […]
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HTML5 and the web of tomorrow – live from Web2Day in Nantes, France
I am currently here in Nantes, France at the Web2Day conference giving a talk on the topic of HTML5 and how it affects the audience (consisting of business people, startups, managers and a few developers. The slides of the talk are available Slideshare: The talk was streamed live via UStream and the recording is available […]
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People of HTML5 – Seb Lee Delisle
HTML5 needs spokespeople to work. There are a lot of people out there who took on this role, and here at Mozilla we thought it is a good idea to introduce some of them to you with a series of interviews and short videos. The format is simple – we send the experts 10 questions […]
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Dev Derby – a monthly competition of demos using open technologies
Starting from June, Mozilla runs a monthly competition to showcase newest web technologies. In an international competition individuals can submit demos that show the world just how much is possible using open and free technologies in a modern browser. The Mozilla Dev Derby happens every month and revolves around a certain technology. A panel of […]