YouTube, Vimeo Ditching Flash for HTML5

[exfileme]

YouTube and Vimeo is kicking Adobe's Flash to the curb in favor of the sharp new HTML5.

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[lifelesspoet]

In others news, execs at Adobe and involuntarily spit their morning coffee all over their screens.

 

[ta152h]

Hmmmm, the only two browsers I use are Opera and, if I have to, Firefox. I can understand them leaving out Opera, with roughly 2% market share, but Firefox? While including Safari? Seems strange to me.

 

[Supertrek32]

'bout time we kicked the outdated software to the curb. Adobe's decided it's not going to update it, and after years of complaining still hasn't even managed to get a 64 bit version out. If a company doesn't listen to its customers, it's doomed to be replaced.

 

[mianmian]

Youtube better support Firefox 3.6 at least. Firefox is no minority any more.

 

[radiowars]

OMFG! I'm so excited for this. I run a +20mb/s connection and I used to not be able to watch HD videos on youtube (or regular tbh. SOOOO SLOW!). Now, HTML5 instantly loads. It's amazing. Thank you, finally. No longer having to wait for youtube videos to load.

 

[dravis12]

It's about time. Flash is a joke, Adobe has grown way to complacent about quality of their products. Need more stuff like this and Silverlight.

 

[Guest]

What if I don't want to install stupid google chrome frame into internet explorer???

Google's starting to become more like MS in the 90's all the time!

 

[JamesSneed]

Firefox 3.6 came out today and it supports HTML5. Havent tried it yet but im guessing it works. Anyone give it a try yet?

 

[cdillon]

The odd choice in browser support is due to each browser's choice in which HTML5 video type they wanted to support. You have a choice between Vorbis and H.264 for HTML5 video. Chrome and Safari support H.264. Firefox and Opera support Vorbis. There's nothing stopping anybody from supporting BOTH formats at the same time, on either side, it's mostly a matter of Firefox and Opera not wanting to pay the licensing fees required for an H.264 decoder, and Google and Apple don't trust that Vorbis isn't subject to submarine patents which could bite them in the ass in the future (which I think is ridiculous, because H.264 could potentially have the same problem). So for the moment there is a rift in HTML5 video, but at least it's only a small rift which I think will get worked out sooner rather than later.

 

[Gin Fushicho]

I thought the new Firefox 3.6 supported that....

 

[JonathanDeane]

Video in Opera is hit and miss, although to be honest it is the Alpha build so I can imagine its still a bit buggy.

10.5 Aplha

http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/12/22/

 

[nebun]

adobe flash is responsible for a lot of problems, i am happy to see it being replaced

 

[dragonsqrrl]

HTML5 doesn't require additional software installation for playback... but it doesn't playback at all on Firefox, one of the most popular web browsers available?? At least at the moment that doesn't sound all that "special", especially in comparison to what's already available through flash.

Then again I know nothing of the potential benefits of HTML5 video content, perhaps in terms of performance/efficiency? Flash has always been a bit buggy for me in this regard.

 

[footsoldier]

[citation][nom]ta152h[/nom]Hmmmm, the only two browsers I use are Opera and, if I have to, Firefox. I can understand them leaving out Opera, with roughly 2% market share, but Firefox? While including Safari? Seems strange to me.[/citation]

It's because the editors of HTML5 are from Google and Apple. I believe it will come to Firefox, soon.

 

[IzzyCraft]

[citation][nom]Gin Fushicho[/nom]I thought the new Firefox 3.6 supported that....[/citation]
yeah but youtube doesn't support firefox =p imo i don't trust it when i see download google chrome every time i go there.

 

[greenskye]

apparently you don't read the articles on your own site

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/firefox-3.6-mozilla-download-browser,9490.html

states that the new firefox 3.6 supports it.

 

[Pyroflea]

Yeah, Firefox 3.6 supports HTML5...

 

[Guest]

youtube is owned by google.....

supporting chrome and not firefox, didn't see that one coming....

 

[haze4peace]

[citation][nom]cdillon[/nom]The odd choice in browser support is due to each browser's choice in which HTML5 video type they wanted to support. You have a choice between Vorbis and H.264 for HTML5 video. Chrome and Safari support H.264. Firefox and Opera support Vorbis. There's nothing stopping anybody from supporting BOTH formats at the same time, on either side, it's mostly a matter of Firefox and Opera not wanting to pay the licensing fees required for an H.264 decoder, and Google and Apple don't trust that Vorbis isn't subject to submarine patents which could bite them in the ass in the future (which I think is ridiculous, because H.264 could potentially have the same problem). So for the moment there is a rift in HTML5 video, but at least it's only a small rift which I think will get worked out sooner rather than later.[/citation]

This is the correct post about firefox and html5