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by91degrees ( 207121 ) writes:
Do we use an inferior standard or a closed standard?
Maybe "implementation dependent" is the term we're after.
byhattig ( 47930 ) writes:
We could call it a day and use DRM encrusted WMV!
Bet Microsoft is miffed they didn't get in earlier with HTML5 video support, as it is most content providers will use H.264 and thus force it to become the de-facto standard.
bynine-times ( 778537 ) writes:
I think Microsoft has lost the media wars, and they pretty well know it. (admittedly, just a guess) Expect their products to support H264 and AAC. The bigger fly in their ointment is probably improved web standards in general. They've been gearing up to fight Adobe (Silverlight vs. Flash) for the proprietary "rich web" market, and if HTML/CSS gets rich enough that we don't need a proprietary plugin, that might not end up being a market worth winning.
bybetterunixthanunix ( 980855 ) writes:
Oh it will still be worth winning. Even if HTML5 provides a "rich web experience," applet based approaches like Flash are already very well established and will not go away overnight. The desktop application market never vanished even after web apps became popular, so why assume that plugins and applets will not be worth fighting for?
byZachPruckowski ( 918562 ) writes:
Oh it will still be worth winning. Even if HTML5 provides a "rich web experience," applet based approaches like Flash are already very well established and will not go away overnight. The desktop application market never vanished even after web apps became popular, so why assume that plugins and applets will not be worth fighting for?
Because the number of new applications for plugins will shrink. If I'm making a website and have a choice between two plug-in that not all my customer base will have and using straight HTML5 that anyone can access, I'm skipping the plugin unless it's much more poweful. HTML5 might take a while to replace legacy Flash sites, but when people do get around to migrating them, they won't move to Silverlight if HTML5 is easier for their viewer base.
bybetterunixthanunix ( 980855 ) writes:
Your assumption is that everyone will suddenly have an HTML5 compliant browser. Just because something is standardized does not mean that it will suddenly be widely used -- I would not be surprised if it took 10 years before HTML5 worked reliably across all browsers.
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byZachPruckowski ( 918562 ) writes:
I'm assuming HTML5 adoption will be swift, because unlike HTML4, the browser vendors are writing the spec. Many features in HTML5 are being supported already in the browsers. It's not like past specs, where the committee writes the spec and tries to get people to go along with it. Instead, as this debate illustrates, all the non-Microsoft browser vendors are coming to consensus on the HTML5 draft spec. Implementation will be swift(ish). The video tag itself works today in Firefox and Safari.
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