Linonut wrote:
* Matt peremptorily fired off this memo:
http://internet.boredblogs.net/?p=2363
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.
Well, this move by Firefox would seem to be a first step.
You might have figured that I am asking /how/ it is a first step.
I'm asking for some intelligent discussion: some help in understanding
the relevance. Are you capable?
And didn't Microsoft eventually solve their little PNG transparency
issue in IE?
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