It sure has Flash beat, that’s for sure. Safari only for now.
Zeldman clarifies his position on Flash, HTML5. Just in case you didn’t get it the first time around.
The results aren’t as surprising as the headline claims (Flash is faster in Windows than on Mac OS X and this is because it has access to hardware acceleration.
Apple’s reason for not allowing access to hardware acceleration is mysterious, of course. And the conspiracy theory is they are doing it purposefully to block Flash on OS X. Could be. But we don’t know.
This bit of JavaScript will enable you to show videos using the HTML5 video element. Browsers that do not support it will get a flash player.
No more will we have to spend precious time debating the merits of presentation layers being divorced from markup, usability, and every day common sense to a communications major who would really rather be producing ads for television.
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Not that it really matters anymore, anyway. Once Steve Jobs starts using the term the cat has been let out of the bag.
They had already been using HTML5 players on their own site, now Vimeo is allowing you to embed them.
Many of these you can start incorporating with an eye towards future adoption, but there are certainly many mines you can trip over. Caution would be advised.
