Re:No double standards: supporting Google's push for WebM
by statictype on Thursday January 20, 2011 @06:32AM
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Your argument turns on Gruber hating Flash for being closed. He doesn't: He hates Flash because he thinks it's crap
Not entirely:
Let me be clear, though: there is nothing wrong with playing a video in Flash. I mean that seriously, no sarcasm. What there’s something wrong with is requiring Flash Player to play video. That’s the whole point of the HTML5 <video> element: to enable web video without requiring the use of proprietary plugins.
Not entirely:
Let me be clear, though: there is nothing wrong with playing a video in Flash. I mean that seriously, no sarcasm. What there’s something wrong with is requiring Flash Player to play video. That’s the whole point of the HTML5 <video> element: to enable web video without requiring the use of proprietary plugins.
From http://daringfireball.net/2011/01/practical_vs_idealistic