On 6/24/07, Spartanicus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Imo for content providers to choose <video> over Flash, client support needs to be close to Flash. Requiring IE and Safari users to go and download and install third party software to play content would imo be considered too much of a hindrance when Flash "simply works".
Cortado is a java applet that "simply works" (apart from a few bugs :) and provides Ogg Theora support to Web Browsers even now. There is no need to install third-party-software, apart from Java. For Flash video to work, you have to have the Flash plugin installed. For Cortado to work, you have to have Java installed. The install-base of Flash and Cortado is probably comparable. So, "client support needs to be close to Flash" can be fulfilled with a bit of effort. Regards, Silvia.
