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gerbick
2013-05-12 , 20:56
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Originally Posted by shmerl View Post
Flash is on its way to the grave so forget about it. For video we have video tag. JavaScript decoding is needed only as a fallback for crippled browsers. I'd like to see a decent VP8 decoder in JavaScript, but for mobile it's too bad though. Performance will too inferior, since hardware decoding will always be faster.
Be that as it may (re: Flash on the way to the grave), enjoy that video tag when DRM steps deeply into HTML5. It'll happen whether you like it or not for the most part. VP8 does actually have a chance to avoid this though - the recent patents (submarine or not) wins have pushed MPEG-LA to the side for now.

And my statement still stands despite what you've stated. Flash is much more than just video. Most Linux lovers/users refuse to see beyond that; can't blame them though.

Either way, HTML5's canvas is not an answer or replacement. jQuery and JavaScript has become what HTML5 cannot deliver. And this ORBX.js announcement further seals that as a fact.

Originally Posted by sillieidiot View Post
but i agree, we totally need flash. and a faster browser
Actually, we don't need Flash. We need something that works well. HTML5 and JS ain't there fully yet. Not bit for bit.

But it's actually getting there. Just not fast enough for me.