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YouTube on Wednesday announced it is going live with experimental support for HTML 5 video.
HTML 5 video is the web standard that allows users of most modern-day browsers to play hosted videos without having to rely on Adobe's Flash player.
In order to use the new feature, users will need to opt in to HTML 5 support on TestTube, which is where YouTube houses a number of other experimental features.
For the full story, see YouTube begins HTML5 rollout on CNET News.
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Talkback
"The only browsers that are currently supported include Google Chrome, Apple's Safari, and Internet Explorer with the Chrome frame installed. Not included on the list are Opera or Mozilla's Firefox, despite the fact that recent versions of both browsers work with the HTML5 video spec."
Although I am pleased to see html 5 video being introduced to such a service, one less parity software license also, I'm not best to pleased about the above statement.
I've recently upgraded my flash player to the beta 10.1 version as so to be able to appreciate hardware GPU rendering of HD content, and it does make a big difference, but they are some memory consumption issues with this beta build.
I still think html 5 is a better alternative to flash, but that too will haft to adopt hardware GPU support, no question about that.