Posts Tagged ‘Fullscreen’

Using the Browsers’ New HTML5 Fullscreen Capabilities

HTML, Web Design, Web Development | Posted by Keefr November 2nd, 2012

A friend and co-worker has been experimenting a lot with the capabilities of the HTML5 Fullscreen mode and its full capabilities, and it’s pretty powerful and impressive in modern browsers. While I don’t have a link to share of the impressive project he’s working on, here’s a good overview of the fullscreen capabilities by our oft-used plugin provider, Longtail (makers of jwPlayer):

Using the Browsers’ New HTML5 Fullscreen Capabilities

Enhance Your Website with the FullScreen API

HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, Web Development | Posted by Keefr February 14th, 2012

Meant to post this last week, but must have slipped my mind. I hate any web site that forces a full screen, but if the user had a button to go fullscreen for a given page or web site, that’d be OK in my book.

This will allow for things like fullscreen for video and games — something that HTML alone has lacked when going head-to-head with Flash. It allows allows for a nice reading mode.

Enhance Your Website with the FullScreen API