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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Matt on Thursday 31 July 2008 21:05 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> Firefox to Support Open Video Format in Next Release
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>>>> | Chris Blizzard reports from this week’s Mozilla Summit: Firefox will
>>>> | natively support the Ogg Theora video format!
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>>>> http://internet.boredblogs.net/?p=2363
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>>> I suppose it's good news, but I don't know who is going to publish in a
>>> format that can't be read by most people's preferred browser (IE).
>>>
>>> What is the path to broad acceptance and interoperability? People try
>>> to play Ogg Theora content under IE, and they get a message saying they
>>> need to install Firefox and Ogg? They do so, and they like FF, and they
>>> migrate from IE to FF? Okay, but it seems that the content's usage will
>>> suffer compared to content published using Flash. I guess the content
>>> will have to be published in both formats, with the Theora format
>>> presented first.
>>>
>>> Somebody please expound on how Theora is to reach critical mass (so to
>>> speak) and how that will be an improvement over the current situation.
>>
>> There's now a better chance of it entering HTMLx, in which case Microsoft
>> and Apple might get some feet-dragging.
>
>
> Thanks for your reply (and OP), but what you mean by "Microsoft and
> Apple might get some feet-dragging"?
>
> I guess you mean some of their developers might be assigned to drag
> their feet while supposedly implementing it in IE and Safari.
If Ogg gets more widespread (Firefox will encourage this further), then IE and
Safari will need to respond to users' need. It's always a chicken-and-egg
thing.
Firefox is a very big egg. Like an Ostrich one...
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