--- title: HTML5 Revisited | daily.dev description: A brief 2012 opinion piece revisiting HTML5 as an app development platform, highlighting Enyo — a cross-platform port of the WebOS application framework — as a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/html5-revisited-2wyfnjmhe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: HTML5 Revisited | daily.dev og:description: A brief 2012 opinion piece revisiting HTML5 as an app development platform, highlighting Enyo — a cross-platform port of the WebOS application framework — as a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/html5-revisited-2wyfnjmhe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2wyfNjmHe.png og:image:alt: HTML5 Revisited og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HTML5 Revisited **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief 2012 opinion piece revisiting HTML5 as an app development platform, highlighting Enyo — a cross-platform port of the WebOS application framework — as a promising new option for building HTML5-based apps. The author expresses cautious optimism, noting past disappointments with PhoneGap but genuine excitement about Enyo's potential despite unresolved HTML5 mobile compatibility issues. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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