flash plugin becoming less important?

[Luis Montes]

Gavin McCullagh 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
>
>
>   
The sooner we move onto SVGs and javascript libs like dojo and jquery 
the better.  I'm probably not going to pickup an ipad myself, but glad 
to see it doesn't come with flash :)