HTML 5, Codecs and the Video Tag
Spending the last two days at the Open Video Conference has been a great experience, lots of interesting speakers and I've learned a few things. Perhaps I'll write more in general later, however it's...
View ArticleOgg Theora and HTML 5 Support
HTML 5's support of using the Ogg Theora video format in the upcoming tag looked really promising for innovation in the web video area, but not everyone agrees on the new spec.
View ArticleDecoding the HTML 5 video codec debate
The HTML 5 video element has the potential to liberate streaming Internet video from plugin prison, but a debate over which codec to define in the standard is threatening to derail the effort.
View ArticleOpen Letter to Mozilla Regarding Their Use of HTML5 Video
We're on the verge of a serious evolution on the web. Right now, the common way to include video on the web is by use of Flash, a closed-source technology that is a massive resource hog. The answer is...
View ArticleHTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight?
HTML 5, a groundbreaking upgrade to the prominent Web presentation specification, could become a game-changer in Web application development, one that might even make obsolete such plug-in-based rich...
View ArticleHTML 5
The WHATWG has said that parts of HTML 5 will be incorporated into browsers as and when they are finalized. We won't need to wait until the whole specification is completed and approved to start using...
View ArticleHTML 5: Less than it's cracked up to be
In practice, things aren't going to change that much from today's Web, with its reliance on proprietary media formats and methods.
View ArticleHTML5 apps
HTML5 apps would encompass all websites as well as all the myriads of (usually locally installed) web-standards-based application systems on mobile. The guiding principle would be to write and maintain...
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