One step closer to de-"flashifying" the web

[vacunita]

Google has stated that for future versions of its Chrome browser, it will remove the built in support for the Flash Movie codec H.264 in favor of the upcoming HTML 5 spec Web>M codec.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20028196-264.html

Hopefully this will then make 100% Flash based web site builders start moving over to nicer, more maintainable techniques.

Also with an ever growing number of mobile devices out there that can't and won't support Flash, many sites that relied solely on it were impossible to be viewed while on the go.



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[spamjim]

You might be making too far of a leap.

H.264 is not necessarily tied to Flash. And it was only the past few releases of Flash Player that H.264 was supported (among other video formats).

Mobile devices already play H.264 videos without Flash. That is how we watch YouTube videos on iOS.

But yeah, anything that might possibly move us to more open standards in all aspects of web development is nifty.

 

[vacunita]

Good point. However, most flash based videos use that particular codec.

Still hopefully this will move us in the right direction for both video and websites.

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[TruthInSatire]

You're information is a bit off.
Chrome will drop NATIVE support for H.264. Meaning any html5 video using that codec. Anything that does stream H.264 will get wrapped into a Flash player which is built into chrome so users can still see the video. Chrome has to do this because it doesn't have the market share to throw around.

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[metastatic]

FAO vacunita

I tried to reply to your thread on your HP Laserjet 1200 issue (unable to print multiple copies) but as the thread is closed I have decided to post the solution here for you.

Devices & Printers > Right click the printer and select "Printer Properties" from the context menu > Select the "Device Settings" tab > Change "Mopier Mode" from enabled to disabled.

Let me know how you get on...

 

[vacunita]

I'm unsure how to answer this. I appreciate the effort, but the issue like the thread is over a year old I would be fired if I hadn't solved it. Like I posted in the thread it was for the most part resolved. I forgot about the thread when the Printer was changed to a new one that did not have the issue.

No sure I ever saw a copier mode though.

Next time, I suggest you start a new thread in the same forum, and simply reference the closed one with a link. You can use the thread link above the thread to link to it. Just copy any paste the thread number.

i.e: [ignore]thread215-1634264[/ignore] would automatically create a link to thread215-1634264 (this very thread).

Thanks again though.


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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

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