We’ve already talked about some of the technology choices we’re making as a company. And while our choices on the back-end can hardly be labeled as mainstream, the most difficult choice we actually had to make was related to the client-side as it directly affects our users. Obviously, Javascript on the client is a given, and we love it. However, as most web developers know, the differences between browsers are enormous and developing for all of them is almost impossible. Still, current conventional wisdom dictates that you should support recents versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox and the WebKit based browsers (basically, Safari and Google Chrome). We, however, have decided to drop Internet Explorer support entirely.
This is our lablog, where we will write about the proceedings of typLAB.
‘What’s typLAB then?’, you might ask.
typLAB is our initiative to investigate and develop new ways of creating and consuming web-based content. We aim to explore the boundaries of what’s possible using contemporary internet technologies. The result of our endeavors should enable you to read and write rich, dynamic and smart articles like you’ve never read nor written them before.
Next question. ‘Who are those “we” you keep referring to?’
We are Erik Hesselink, Sebastiaan Visser, Salar al Khafaji and Lon Boonen. That’s the team; small, smart, focused and eager to learn and share. Most of us share a history at Xopus, the web based XML editor.
One more question? ‘What about lablog, what can we expect from it?’
Through lablog we want to inform you of our ponderings and wonderings. Our steps forward, backward and sideways. We’ll write about our progress, our discoveries and the things that make us tick.
You can expect articles on HTML5, CSS3, web development in general, Haskell, XQuery, usability, semantics, JavaScript and all stuff that makes a nerd’s heart jump a beat. Or two.
And we’d love to hear from you. Through the comments, Twitter or plain old e-mail.