as a follow up to this - does the Pre's web browser support HTML5 i.e. can it play Youtube videos right on the page?
On 4/8/10, Levi Wallach <[email protected]> wrote: > Approximate 1,842,439,107 websites support HTML5 ;-) I have no idea, but I > do know that you can access Youtube via HTML5 instead of Flash. I'm not > sure if that's just via a Chrome plugin or what. HTML5 for video stuff is > still in its infancy, so Flash will be around for a while, but there are > some viable competitors now so Adobe is really going to have to get its game > together or it will eventually be irrelevant. You can only sit on your > laurels for so long before something better comes along and steals your > thunder... > > > Levi Wallach > blog: http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.com > tweet me @dvdmon (http://twitter.com/dvdmon) > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:42 AM, ldouglas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> how many websites support HTML5? I assume it's standards based and >> thus no royalties need be paid for implementing it? >> >> On 4/8/10, Levi Wallach <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Someone on Twitter that I follow (can't remember now) recently >> > speculated >> > that it might be App #2000 in the catalog, which would mean fairly soon, >> > however that's just a wild guess as they admitted. We really haven't >> gotten >> > anything more specific since they first made the claim that it would be >> out >> > "first half of 2010." So I guess we have, theoretically, a max of about >> 2.5 >> > months to wait. Then again, Adobe initially had said it would be out >> last >> > year, so there's no guarantee of anything I suppose. All I know is that >> the >> > main advantage of having a device that can do Flash will become less of >> an >> > advantage over time with the competing technologies out there (such as >> > HTML5, Silverlight, etc.), so I would hope that Palm is yelling at Adobe >> to >> > just put something out there already! I know many Palm Pre users are >> > fed >> up >> > being teased by the demos at every trade fair and the longer the wait >> > the >> > more it looks like vaporware and false promises... >> > >> > >> > Levi Wallach >> > blog: http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.com >> > tweet me @dvdmon (http://twitter.com/dvdmon) >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Jim Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> It's been a while since Palm and Adobe announced plans for Flash. >> >> >> >> Anyone heard any info/rumors on the implementation date? >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
