I love the story that Terence relates here. It reminds me of all the fantastic work that Anna did documenting game console browsers.
Are you developing public services? Or a system that people might access when they’re in desperate need of help? Plain HTML works. A small bit of simple CSS will make look decent. JavaScript is probably unnecessary – but can be used to progressively enhance stuff.
Here’s a nice Christmas gift from Jason and the archinauts at the Internet Archive: tons of games for living room consoles of the early ’80s, all playable in your browser, thanks to emulation in JavaScript.
The slides from Anna’s terrific talk at the Responsive Day Out.
This is an excellent resource from Anna. She’s documenting the browser capabilities of games consoles.
Hey look; Anna’s in a CSSquirrel comic! And for good reason: Kyle is as impressed as I am with Anna’s research into browsers on gaming devices.
There’s also a call for more community device labs. I approve.
An excellent in-depth article from Anna on the many gaming devices out there that have both an internet connection and a web browser.