On 8 Nov., 19:07, RogerV <[email protected]> wrote: > In the general web browsing I do, when I encounter a site that has > embedded video, greater than 90% of the time that video is provided as > Flash video. > > Which means if I was using, say, an iPad to do my web browsing, > roughly 90% of the video I encounter and want to access, I would not > be able to - without a solution such as Skyfire. I can easily see why
Wrong. When you see Flash video on a site doesn't mean that iOS users can't get to it. The iOS mobile Safari detects Youtube videos and opens them in the Youtube app. Two sites I frequently visit (Spiegel Online, Germany's biggest news portal, and Gametrailers) show videos as H.264 on iOS devices. I guess the reason why these "dual video sites" show you Flash on your PC is that their Flash video players show ads and give them analytics results (e.g., how long you watched the video and if you skipped any part) - data you don't get when the iOS movie player shows an H.264 page. I think I Apple is extending its iAd system to video to at least show ads. In general, about half of all online video is now available as iOS- friendly H.264 (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/27/ more_than_half_of_online_h_264_videos_are_now_in_ios_friendly_html5.html). Especially the iPad is heavily used for surfing and passed - in one statistic - all Android devices in web browsing market share after three months on the market (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/ipad- blasts-past-android-in-usage-share/8829). Android has grown rapidly since then, but so has iPad, so I think the relationship here probably holds up. That said, I still come across Flash-only video on some sites (comingsoon.net); I save such pages to Instapaper. It would be more convenient if I had a Flash Player on my iPhone / iPad that I could enable on demand, but this probably will never happen. The important thing is that at least for me (and based on sales numbers, for many other users), this isn't a killer criterion (anymore). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
