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Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by gcp »

matthewmacleod wrote: post #83
NeutronBoy wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Youtube and Twitch are the only reasons I keep Chrome around - I much rather supporting the work that Mozilla are doing with Firefox (ie a proper open source browser) than Chrome.

Out of interest, why is Firefox a 'proper' open-source browser while Chrome is not? Isn't Chrome pretty much just Chromium with a little bit of extra Google integration on top?

On Android Chrome isn't open source at all. On Windows/Linux several key parts are closed source, that's quite a bit more "than a bit of Google integration".

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by MichaelGG »

matthewmacleod wrote: post #83
NeutronBoy wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Youtube and Twitch are the only reasons I keep Chrome around - I much rather supporting the work that Mozilla are doing with Firefox (ie a proper open source browser) than Chrome.

Out of interest, why is Firefox a 'proper' open-source browser while Chrome is not? Isn't Chrome pretty much just Chromium with a little bit of extra Google integration on top?

Are you not answering your own question? The "extra" little bit of Google-specific code tries to tie-in the web to Google.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by jacquesm »

ThreeAs wrote: post #72
jacquesm wrote: post #58

That's great. Now for HTML5 support in all the streaming platforms for live streams. That's going to be another nail in the flash coffin. And it will do wonders for integrating the delivery to both web and mobile clients from the same sources.

As soon as there's an alternative for games, flash will finally be dead.

That alternative is already here, javascript. I think that flash is being kept alive now for two reasons only: live video and flash components used for corporate bits & pieces.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by schoen »

shutupalready wrote: post #65

What joy it is to finally uninstall Flash. The last time I was this happy to uninstall crappy software was when I realized that I no longer needed RealPlayer. For those that don't know it, RealPlayer was a very popular proprietary media player (with its own proprietary formats) circa 2000. The company's stock was worth $380 a share in 2000; it's now worth $6. The only explanation for RealPlayer's popularity was its D…

Unfortunately (though it's considerably more compartmentalized and constrained than prior iterations), Google is trying to replace Flash with a DRM mechanism that also requires proprietary software. So while you might think that the advent of HTML5 video means you no longer need proprietary software to interoperate with the services that use it, Google and its partners are working to ensure that that's not true.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by guelo »

shutupalready wrote: post #65

What joy it is to finally uninstall Flash. The last time I was this happy to uninstall crappy software was when I realized that I no longer needed RealPlayer. For those that don't know it, RealPlayer was a very popular proprietary media player (with its own proprietary formats) circa 2000. The company's stock was worth $380 a share in 2000; it's now worth $6. The only explanation for RealPlayer's popularity was its D…

RealPlayer was the coolest thing I'd ever seen when it came out in the mid 90s. It was the first streaming music player, as far as I know. Of course they later became corrupted by the advertising dark side, like every other internet company. But they were cool for a time. This was also before everyone decided that the browser would be the only internet platform.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by amenghra »

smacktoward wrote: post #100
hrasyid wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=RNWK+Interactive#symbol=R...

Yes, Virginia, as hard as it may be to believe today, once upon a time RealNetworks was a very big deal. For a real spit-take, though, put one of the companies that we think of today as Very Big Deals next to it for comparison. Like, say, comparing Apple's performance to RealNetworks' over the decade from 1997 to 2007: https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=0&chdd=0&chds=0&chdv=0&... (I omit the last few years because…

Comparing two companies over a period of time without taking into account splits, reverse splits, dividends, etc. isn't very meaningful.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by nothrabannosir »

smacktoward wrote: post #100
hrasyid wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=RNWK+Interactive#symbol=R...

Yes, Virginia, as hard as it may be to believe today, once upon a time RealNetworks was a very big deal. For a real spit-take, though, put one of the companies that we think of today as Very Big Deals next to it for comparison. Like, say, comparing Apple's performance to RealNetworks' over the decade from 1997 to 2007: https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=0&chdd=0&chds=0&chdv=0&... (I omit the last few years because…

That Google finance page, ironically, uses Flash.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by malnourish »

ThreeAs wrote: post #72
jacquesm wrote: post #58

That's great. Now for HTML5 support in all the streaming platforms for live streams. That's going to be another nail in the flash coffin. And it will do wonders for integrating the delivery to both web and mobile clients from the same sources.

As soon as there's an alternative for games, flash will finally be dead.

Unity?
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