I have been following HTML5 developments for more than a year now. Without Google and Apple, the HTML5 would not have surfaced. After all, who else can pull off something this big against the weights of Adobe and Microsoft. Alright. Straight to the news.
Google announces that YouTube will start testing HTML5 as a video player. Initially supported browsers are Google Chrome, Apple Safari (4+) and IE (with Chrome Frame installed). Firefox didn't make it to the list as they were not in agreement with use of H.264 codec and has been the supporter of the Ogg Theora codec which is patent-free as against the H.264 requiring patent licensing. YouTube HTML5 support blog post is available here.
Vimeo, another popular video site was quick to follow YouTube in releasing HTML5 video player. Vimeo has done it in a big way that, any video on its site will have a link at the bottom to view it in HTML5. This is really cool! Checkout the blog post here.
Eventhough, HTML5 is still in draft stage, many of the browser makers have started supporting and implementing them. Chrome, Safari, Opera and Firefox are the early adopters. HTML5 is picking up steam! To Flash and Silverlight developers: better watch out!
Related articles:
Decoding HTML5 debate - http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/07/decoding-the-html-5-video-codec-debate.ars
How HTML5 could kill Flash video - http://gizmodo.com/5454115/first-youtube-now-vimeo-how-html5-could-finally-kill-flash-video
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