On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:35 AM, schalk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > Has anyone/everyone read the blog entry on Youtube’s blog > (http://apiblog.youtube.com/2010/06/flash-and-html5-tag.html) regarding their > feeling about HTML5 video and why they still feel that Flash for video is the > preferred choice? I must say I do share some of their points. My question is, > what work is being done to remedy these points at the moment?
So, for a quick recap, their problems are: 1. Standard video format 2. Robust video streaming 3. Content Protection 4. Encapsulation + embedding 5. Fullscreen video 6. Camera and Microphone access The blog itself successfully covers the current responses to 1, 2, 5, and 6. #3 is a different story; it doesn't appear that anyone in this space is working on that or intends to. And I'm happy with that. #4 is kind of silly - flash embedding doesn't protect anyone's private data - the plugin can do plenty of malicious stuff if it wants to. Spreading videos by embedding <script> tags would be equally safe. I think people just don't realize that fact. In any case, embedding videos via <iframe sandbox=allow-scripts> should work fine, once more browsers support it. ~TJ
