Which web technologies are getting you most excited?

By Tom May
( netmag )
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From new graphic elements to a web based operating system, net magazine readers reveal the tech they think most likely to change the web.

A recent poll in netmag asked which new web technologies were getting its readers most excited. Here are the results, in ascending order...

01. Device level APIs (opens in new tab)

Most exciting new web technologies

Device level APIs let enable developers to interact with hardware such as cameras and microphones

With six per cent of the vote, Device level APIs enable developers to interact with hardware, such as camera and microphones. Access, for example, geolocation, GPU or audio hardware from HTML5.

02. ECMAScript 6

Most exciting new web technologies

ECMAScript is a scripting language that forms the basis of JavaScript

Also with six per cent of the vote was ECMAScript, a scripting language that forms the basis of JavaScript. Codenamed Harmony, this is the next version of the ECMAScript story.

03. Firefox OS (opens in new tab)

Most exciting new web technologies

Firefox OS is an open system created to foster creativity

An opensystem, created to foster creativity, Firefox OS bagged seven per cent of the overall vote. A truly open ecosystem with no walled gardens.

04. WebRTC (opens in new tab)

Most exciting new web technologies

WebRTC enables realtime applications in browsers

Also with seven per cent of the vote was WebRTC, a system that enables realtime applications in browsers. Compliant web browsers communicate in real-time using simple JavaScript APIs.

05. Web Components (opens in new tab)

Most exciting new web technologies

WebComponents let developers bundle styles and markup in custom HTML elements

WebComponents lets developers bundle styles and markup in HTML elements, so it's no wonder it got 10 per cent of the readers votes. Create custom HTML elements that can contain bundles of styles and mark-up from our timeline.

06. Realtime web technologies (opens in new tab)

Realtime web technologies enable users to receive information as soon as it is published by its authors, and secured 15 per cent of reader votes. Multiple users and systems instantly communicate with each other.

07. Flexbox (opens in new tab)

A layout mode providing for the arrangement of elements on a page enables more efficient layout, alignment and space in a container. And this excites 19 per cent of net magazine readers.

08. Responsive images (opens in new tab)

Most exciting new technologies

Delivering alternative image data based on device capabilities

Coming in the top spot is responsive images with a whopping 30 per cent of the vote. Let developers serve up the right images given restrictions like screen size and bandwidth.

If you'd like to have your say, please contribute to the the poll

This article originally appeared in net magazine (opens in new tab) issue 256.

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Tom May
Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity (opens in new tab), published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects. 

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