In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Matt
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wrote
on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:28:43 -0500
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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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).
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>>> 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.
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>> There's now a better chance of it entering HTMLx, in which case Microsoft and
>> Apple might get some feet-dragging.
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> 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.
The obvious question would be whether it behooves them
short-term to include Theora in IE for Microsoft and Safari
for Apple.
Look at how long it took IE to implement PNG properly
(transparency, mostly), for example.
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