Apple Has Already Won the Flash-HTML5 War

gigaom ^ | Oct. 27, 2010, 8:10am | Ryan Lawler

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

A majority of web video is now HTML5-ready, according to new research from MeFeedia, showing that web standards — and Apple — are winning the day when it comes to how video is delivered and viewed online. The research shows that the amount of video viewable in an HTML5 video player has doubled in the last five months and now accounts for 54 percent of all video content online.

It’s important to note that HTML5 video is not replacing Flash video on the web, but augmenting it; most HTML5 videos today are available through a universal embed code that autodetects the device requesting the video and serving up the appropriate version. That means that for most of these videos, there are at least two versions — a Flash and an HTML5 version — stored online.

And it’s not only HTML5-ready web browsers that are pushing the envelope; it’s a multitude of mobile devices which have caused publishers to rethink the formats for delivering online videos.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

i just did a Firefox addon to turn the damnable flash off....

Greatly improves my scrolling.

[MrEdd]

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[VanDeKoik]

Here we go again!

If anything, Apple only made Adobe fight harder. And now everyone is trying to get Flash on their devices.

[HangnJudge]

i just did a Firefox addon to turn the damnable flash off....

I block Flash routinely, only permitting it when necessary
The computers I use are thankful, metaphorically speaking

[gop4lyf]

I use the flashblock extention as well. You’d be amazed at how much it blocks.

[Swordmaker]

More than half the video on the web is now HTML5 compliant—PING!

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Swordmaker. The reason HTML5 was pretty much bound to catch on is that it isn't proprietary, and is more suitable for the mobile computing devices that are out there, with more coming all the time.

A majority of web video is now HTML5-ready, according to new research from MeFeedia, showing that web standards... are winning the day when it comes to how video is delivered and viewed online... the amount of video viewable in an HTML5 video player has doubled in the last five months and now accounts for 54 percent... most HTML5 videos today are available through a universal embed code that autodetects the device requesting the video and serving up the appropriate version. That means that for most of these videos, there are at least two versions -- a Flash and an HTML5 version -- stored online.