flash plugin becoming less important?

[Jordan Erickson]

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/07/decoding-the-html-5-video-codec-debate.ars

Caroline Ford wrote:
> HTML 5's codecs are unfree.
> 
> On 2 February 2010 15:38, Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been reading recently of how various vendors, notably Google and Apple
>> are pushing to use new features of HTML5 to avoid the Flash plugin for
>> situations like video playing.  Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome are all
>> implementing HTML5 at present.
>>
>>
>> http://lifehacker.com/5416100/how-html5-will-change-the-way-you-use-the-web
>>
>> Youtube is already testing videos played through HTML5 instead of Flash and
>> by all accounts the performance is markedly better -- though only Safari
>> and Chrome are supported just now.
>>
>>        http://www.youtube.com/html5
>>
>> This seems like good news for LTSP and the Linux desktop in general.   What
>> must likely be the most common piece of proprietary software on linux
>> desktops may become less of a requirement.  I for one will crack open a
>> bottle of bubbly (beer) when I can remove the flash plugin from my desktop.
>>
>> Gavin
>>
>>
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