HTML5, Flash and YouTube

YouTube has posted a blog update discussing HTML5 and how browser-native video support shapes up in its future.

The short version is that in order to achieve the same level of functionality that Flash provides, HMTL5 seems to have a long way to go.  Video streaming, Content Protection and Embedding seem to be the biggest speedhumps in the future of the new standard.

Check out more at the YouTube API blog.
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Flash & apple

There's been a lot of talk about the lack of support for Flash in mobile devices, particularly for iPhone and iPad. While security is one of the main reasons often mentioned, there's an even more fundamental reason that's rarely mentioned.

The issue is that our touchscreen devices can't (currently) cater for the mouse-over or cursor function that's so commonplace in many Flash applications.

Check out this article for more on this from the perspective of a flash developer.

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