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Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by UweSchmidt »

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?

Beyond open-sourceness it is also worth noting that while all browsers are behaving well on the internet right now (ever since Microsoft failed with the IE monopoly), Mozilla just does not have the permanent lingering need to make a profit, collect user information or to use their browser strategically in any way.

Occasionally there are already Chrome-only websites, there is a Chrome web store that could potentially become a gatekeeper for software similar to what Apple is doing in the iOS ecosystem.

I'm using Firefox even if that means that I don't get some cutting edge feature that I don't really need until a few weeks later. Hope that makes sense.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by [deleted] »

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?

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Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by swang »

kkuduk wrote: post #91
commandar wrote: post #50

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I use this constantly when I'm watching tutorials and how-tos. It makes picking up the info you need so much faster. I also recently discovered that the Crocodile Hunter at 1/2 speed is freaking hilarious . e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLIMgXv89VU&feature=youtu.be...

and when you need something between 1.25 and 1.5 available from UI, you can always do: document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0].playbackRate = 1.35

Nice hack. I always found 1.25 to be "too slow" for watching something but 1.5 to be way too fast and annoying.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by mark-r »

jsprogrammer wrote: post #158
schoen wrote: post #114

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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.

Why would users switch to this as yet non-existent proprietary DRM mechanism when free and open source solutions already exist and are widely used?

Because there will come a day when something they want to watch desperately will require it.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by munificent »

mhb wrote: post #124
koyote wrote: post #81

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Oh my god I completely forgot about RealPlayer. Luckily there was an alternative, Real Alternative, that enabled you to play the content without having to install that ghastly RealPlayer. It seems like the community always finds a way around crappy software.

What's the community using instead of iTunes?

YouTube, Spotify, Google Play Music, SoundCloud, Pandora, et. al.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by dijit »

jsprogrammer wrote: post #158
schoen wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Why would users switch to this as yet non-existent proprietary DRM mechanism when free and open source solutions already exist and are widely used?

users wont, content producers, publishers and companies will publish want DRM.

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by jsprogrammer »

mark-r wrote: post #165
jsprogrammer wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would users switch to this as yet non-existent proprietary DRM mechanism when free and open source solutions already exist and are widely used?

Because there will come a day when something they want to watch desperately will require it.

That day will never come[1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole

Re: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video

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Post by WhitneyLand »

rsanek wrote: post #146
amenghra wrote: post #118

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

Both Google and Yahoo Finance already adjust for splits. Yahoo has an 'adjusted close' value that reports the price adjusted for dividends, but these adjustments don't change the stock price so much that it would make comparing unadjusted values 'not meaningful'.

It's not meaningful to compare because they are different companies with different market caps. I actually hear people talk about stock prices as normalized values in every day conversation, but don't know any way polite enough or fast enough to correct them.
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