Erstellt am: 28. 1. 2010 - 12:34 Uhr
Today's Webtip: Flash Free
The iPad was announced yesterday to a resounding chorus of "no flash?! Forget it!".
Personally, I'm more than happy to get rid of that particular plugin. Games and interesting art projects aside, it has become something rather nasty. Aside form killing site navigation and being somewhat insecure, it's a processor hog and eats batteries for breakfast. Blocking flash in my browser was the quickest fix for a more stable and energy efficient system.
It did, however, solve one problem really well. It put an end to the whole plugin jungle around online video. It also managed to put the Real player back where it belonged. In the trash.
The only time I activate the plugin these days are for a few YouTube videos that aren't offered in H.264, games, and other video sites that still demand it. That may soon come to an end though.
HTML 5 promises video delivery without a plugin. Most modern browsers support portions of the new revision, and it is slowly gaining traction online.
You can try it out now by becoming a part of the YouTube HTML5 beta.
Just click here
You can check out other sites using the new standard by taking a look at the HTML5 gallery.