Might as well just focus on HTML5 and CSS3 and Javascript and cutting edge Web Browsers (Webkit, Gecko).
The web page should be considered the viable multimedia canvas of the future. Continued advancements in web browser capabilities will lead to multimedia that we normally see with Flash or even Quicktime can be referenced. Speaking of web browsers... it's prob worth mentioning the forthcoming competition..... RockMelt. http://www.pcworld.com/article/170243/rockmelt_101_a_quick_guide_to_the_mysterious_browser.html Sull On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 4:06 PM, elbowsofdeath <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just trying to extract the interesting topic of multimedia from the video > format discussion. > > I dont really know whee to start, Ive always been interested in it, > although as mentioned previously I get a bit lost when I actually try to > flesh out some vague ideas into something more solid and useful. > > We've seen some, albeit fairly limited, attempts from the big video > services to add stuff to video, in terms of being able to insert links or > annotation to certain objects shown within a video. But even discounting the > tech limitations, Im left not quite sure how useful this stuff usually is, > is it worth the effort? Sometimes it really feels like its getting in the > way, maybe a lot of the time I really just want to consume video in linear > fashion and keep interactivity and communication for another part of the > site. > > Looking ahead I wonder how much video might get mixed in with online gaming > & 3D. I know that some years ago some people experimented with video in > Second Life but it seemed a bit like that stuff ended up as a bit of a fad? > > Are all the various ways that people can share different media on the web > providing a good foundation and all we need is a nicer way of presenting and > interacting with this stuff? I still daydream about better ways to mix > microblogging, photos, video & music & conversations together on the web, > but actual concrete ideas about how to do this seem to evade me. > > Cheers > > Steve > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
