Microsoft, Facebook, Google and others launch web technology reference website (webplatform.org)

66 points by joejohnson 13y ago ↗ HN

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Where is APPLE when we need them for once on there.

The following organizations, including Apple, are listed as stewards:

Adobe, Apple, Facebook, Google, HP, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, Opera, W3C

You right, thanks for correcting me.

Mozilla ia a sponsor, but they also have a notable reference of their own. For instance, the Javascript section is my go-to reference:

Click "DOCS" at the top to see other topics.

vaidik 13y ago ↗

When we already have so many repos of content, why another initiative towards making a new one? There is HTML5Rocks, MDN and so many others.

HTML5 Rocks content is being upstreamed to WPD. Many expect the long-term to be the same with MDN, though more here on that: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/10/welcoming-the-new-kid-web-...

Regardless, none of these are vendor-neutral right now and they have frustrating overlap. This site is for all of the web.

notJim 13y ago ↗

This is horribly broken on my phone, using the stock browser on Android 2.3. Web platform indeed.

Tim Berners-Lee: Web Developer

A strikingly accurate description of his contribution!

wooptoo 13y ago ↗

Why haven't they decided to contribute to MDN instead since it already has a lot of good content?

jeffo 13y ago ↗

Their interface is setup more for marketing than it is for utility.