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Monday, January 25, 2010

Ένα βήμα μπροστά, εκατό πίσω!

Although HTML5 video has a whole lot of advantages, there are still some major challenges that need to be addressed before it can gain widespread adoption. One of the most significant challenges is that Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser has poor support for emerging standards and does not yet have an HTML5 video implementation.

Fortunately, even Microsoft is beginning to recognize the inevitability of standards-based video. Microsoft began collaborating with the HTML5 working group last year and publicly endorsed the HTML5 video element. It's still not clear if Microsoft plans to add the feature to its browser in the near future, but it is starting to look very likely that the company will eventually do so.

Another problem that is impeding ubiquitous adoption of HTML5 video is an ongoing dispute about what multimedia codecs should be used on the Internet. Google and Apple favor h.264 while Opera and Mozilla prefer Ogg Theora. Although Theora doesn't yet rival h.264 in performance and compression quality, its advantage is that it is thought to be unencumbered by software patents—meaning that it can be used royalty-free and distributed in open source software applications.

As we explained in our detailed examination of the codec debate last year, the future of h.264 licensing costs is somewhat ambiguous, making it a risky choice for the Web. There are also unanswered questions about Ogg's patent status, however, and some browser vendors are concerned about the risk of submarine patents. Another problem is the limited out-of-the-box support for hardware-accelerated Ogg playback in the mobile and embedded space.

This debate isn't any closer to a resolution today. Vimeo and YouTube are both using h.264, which means that their new HTML5 video players don't work at all in Firefox.

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Έτσι επιτάσσει η Micro$oft πλευρά. Ε, ναι. Αφού δεν υποστηρίζει η Micro$oft με την παπαριά Internet Explorer το HTML5 και άλλα πάμπολλα διεθνή στάνταρτ γενικά πρέπει να τα βάψουμε μαύρα ή να δούμε πότε θα καυλώσει στη μαλακισμένη τη Micro$oft να τα υποστηρίξει.

Ρε δεν πάτε να κάνετε λίγο σεξ ή στη χειρότερη κάνα μόνιμο κρύο μπάνιο σε κάποιον από τους πόλους τις γης; Παλιοχαφιέδες και επί πληρωμή πουτάνες της Micro$oft.

Το φόβο της Apple να χουν. Δεν τους χαλάει και καθόλου. ΞΥΠΝΗΣΤΕ ΡΕ. Τέλος με τον μεσαίωνα της πληροφορικής. Πάμε μπροστά. Τώρα. Έστω και αν χρειαστεί να σφαχτούν μεταξύ τους Google, YouTube, Apple, Vimeo, DailyMotion και όσοι άλλοι πιστοί της σωστής πληροφορικής. Πάντα έτσι γίνεται. Πάντα έτσι θα γίνεται. Έτσι θα γίνει και γι άλλη μια φορά.

Safari, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, κλπ. Τέλος.

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