How to harness HTML 5 Canvas with editing tool on iPad

Question

Hey guys,

So my company is trying to experiment with enabling an "Autodesk WS-like" (http://www.autocadws.com/mobile) interface though our tool. Our tool has a lot of the same ideas, lay something out, change properties, etc. So the basics of the application seem like they would be very similar.

We think it was done with a healthy amount of Javascript on an HTML 5 canvas that the iPad can handle natively without much coding. We aren't apposed to coding for the iPad, in fact we have some experience with it, but the cross-platform abilities of HTML 5 would make that route a better long-term solution.

Does anyone have some detailed ideas of how they implemented Autodesk WS?

Thanks,
~Eric