Re: [videoblogging] Re: Youtube supports HTML5 (No more Flash?)

2010-02-02 Thread Jan McLaughlin
There's an interesting discussion about Flash, .h264, iPad, etc. on a recent TWIT: http://aolradio.podcast.aol.com/twit/twit0233.mp3 Jan Jan McLaughlin Production Sound Mixer air = 862-571-5334 aim = janofsound skype = janmclaughlin On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:59 PM, proctorjen

[videoblogging] Re: Youtube supports HTML5 (No more Flash?)

2010-01-21 Thread elbowsofdeath
Flash is under some threat in most of the areas its been strong at in the past. Canvas tag, css transitions, downloadable fonts, and various other things mean it can be gradually replaced. I welcome this, not least because of the cost of flash development tools. But it will take a long time

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Youtube supports HTML5 (No more Flash?)

2010-01-21 Thread Joly MacFie
There's a lot of legacy flash content - youtube included. j On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:54 PM, elbowsofdeath st...@dvmachine.com wrote: Flash could be largely gone from the web in 3-10 years -- --- Joly MacFie 917 442 8665

[videoblogging] Re: Youtube supports HTML5 (No more Flash?)

2010-01-21 Thread elbowsofdeath
As for the Youtube HTML5 experiment, I like it, it uses less CPU on my macbook pro, although the saving is not hugely dramatic because of flash becoming more efficient in that regard not so long ago. It is missing quite a few features compared to the youtube flash version, and Ive no idea what

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Youtube supports HTML5 (No more Flash?)

2010-01-21 Thread Jay dedman
As with posts in the past I still question how ogg will ever dominate video if its only advantage is to do with licensing, as licensing issues with h264 dont affect many of us so what is the point really? This is a good question. Not sure I know the answer. But why did Firefox gain so much

[videoblogging] Re: Youtube supports HTML5 (No more Flash?)

2010-01-21 Thread elbowsofdeath
Well there are likely quite a lot of developers who are excited about various things in html5, including the video tag. They may be excited about it because it is potentially elegant and flexible and a standard that will work on a variety of browsers platforms one day, and you dont need to buy

[videoblogging] Re: Youtube supports HTML5 (No more Flash?)

2010-01-21 Thread proctorjen
Vimeo has also added an HTML5 player (though they intend to keep it as a companion to Flash): http://vimeo.com/blog:268 Jen --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... wrote: We've mentioned rumors before, but here it is: