This week, we've been putting both the iPad 4 and the Microsoft Surface
tablet through their paces. In our testing, we're happy to say that both
tablets are very solid HTML5 platforms. Internet Explorer 10 on the Surface
has a broad, well implemented HTML5 feature set that mostly meets and
occasionally exceeds mobile Safari's. On the performance front, the iPad 4
leads in raw JavaScript and Canvas performance while the Surface has a faster
SVG implementation. Having comprehensive, high performance HTML5 support is
now a "must-have" feature for new mobile devices. For end users, both these
devices promise great user experiences from well-designed HTML5 apps.
Going into our testing, we were bringing expectations set by the iPad 3 and
our developer hardware for Windows 8. When we reviewed the iPad 3 in the
Spring, we were disappointed with iPad performance. Ordinary web... (more)