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byibookdb ( 1199357 ) writes:
<video codec="blah"> and let the content providers decide.
byclone53421 ( 1310749 ) writes:
Because people shouldn't have to be prompted to install codecs in order to view in-browser videos.
So you include the codecs with the browser. Since you don't want to include every codec known to man, you pick one. Or several, as the case may be...
byJava Pimp ( 98454 ) writes:
Because people shouldn't have to be prompted to install codecs in order to view in-browser videos.
Yeah really! Every time I go to certain sites I get a prompt to install a new codec to see this hot video... And each time I do that my homepage changes to something not quite safe for work...
I wouldn't mind so much if they'd quit messin with my homepage... sheesh!
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byclone53421 ( 1310749 ) writes:
*wink*
Yeah, that's what I was hinting at. At least now I can install a codec pack and then tell my mom anything that claims it needs to install a codec is just a virus...
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