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Re:YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video by jonalmeida on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @12:06AM (#8958220)
Fun fact: Github uses Flash to copy link data or raw code to your clipboard.
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Re:YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video by teej on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @12:08AM (#8958229)
Only because it is literally the only way to support the feature. Nothing sneaky about it.
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Re:YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video by zaroth on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @12:23AM (#8958284)
Clipboard API and events. W3C Working Draft 09 December 2014

http://www.w3.org/TR/clipboard-apis/

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Re:YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video by alexcasalboni on Friday January 30, 2015 @03:47PM (#8974386)
11% global support, so far.

http://caniuse.com/#feat=clipboard

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Re:YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video by alexcasalboni on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @07:29AM (#8959393)
That's awesome, I didn't know about this draft at all! Still wondering how such a native feature hasn't been drafted within the first 25 years of web browsers. Any (un)official ETA?
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