This is great stuff--bringing OS X's Core Animation technology to web apps.
Apple is betting both on the desktop and on the (open standards) web, and letting both compete freely.
Microsoft seems to want to cripple IE to prevent web apps from overtaking the desktop (or else they've got some other wierd motivation that cripples its forward motion in areas like CSS standards, 2d/3d canvas, Javascript features/performance; or perhaps they're hoping to make their proprietary Silverlight the chosen method for delivering desktop-like apps.)
(Sorry, don't mean to be a fanboi--lots to criticize about Apple's overall behavior, but at least in this area they seem to be thinking right.)
Now we must hope that Microsoft's market share won't force these new features to remain niche. As long as IE retains a lot of market share while not including these new features, the web can only go forward so far.
Apple is betting both on the desktop and on the (open standards) web, and letting both compete freely.
Microsoft seems to want to cripple IE to prevent web apps from overtaking the desktop (or else they've got some other wierd motivation that cripples its forward motion in areas like CSS standards, 2d/3d canvas, Javascript features/performance; or perhaps they're hoping to make their proprietary Silverlight the chosen method for delivering desktop-like apps.)
(Sorry, don't mean to be a fanboi--lots to criticize about Apple's overall behavior, but at least in this area they seem to be thinking right.)