Noted while thinking: “For someone who doesn’t ‘give a damn about a Grammy,’ Eminem sure shows up at the Grammys a lot…
- What’s the deal with Apple not supporting Flash on the iPhone or iPad? A primer. (NYT)
- Speaking of which, are you ready to start publishing video in HTML5? Are you familiar with HTML5 video? YouTube is running a test. Good early results. Could be Flash killer.
- Candy Crowley is the new(ish) anchor of CNN’s State of the Nation, replacing John King who moved into Lou Dobbs’ seat. Crowley has been filling in as host of State of the Nation, CNN’s Sunday morning show, which will move to an hour format. (B&C)
- Anchor leaves local TV to help in Haiti
- Ft Myers, Florida’s NBC-2 (WBBH) claims it is first local station to send a crew to Haiti
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I wouldn't put too much stock in HTML5 video just yet. The video format itself isn't standard (H.264 or Ogg? Not sure!) and that alone is going to take years. It's a good direction, but it's years off from being a solution. And Youtube's “experiment” with HTML5 kinda sucks. It works on Chrome and Safari, but it's not a full “YouTube” experience.
Yet.
Like I said, it's a good direction, but HTML 5 has a really long way to go before it'll be a serious contender to Flash for the content crowd.
The online talk I've read that gets into the whole Flash thing on a more atomic level seem to point out that Flash's main positives have been its ubiquity…it's always been this black box plugin that gives operating system and browser developers fits…and when there's a problem…a bug, or a malware attack focused on Flash, they have to wait for Adobe to fix it. You can imagine how that sits with someone like Steve Jobs.
One of the advantages of HTML5 is that the mechanism is oretty much right there in the browser's source code…and WebKit, the Apple developed code base that is the core of Safari, iPhone's Safari, iPad's Safari, Google Chrome, and Android's Browser (and there are more) is an open source development project…so anyone can offer fixes.
I do think sites that use video (especially those hosted by television stations) should get on board HTML5. There is one additional debate swirling around HTML5 though, and that's what video codec/container to use…H.264 or MKV? The latter is fully open-licensed, but the former is really the standard out there (including increasingly inside of Flash.)
Finally, the other part of what Flash has to offer…animations, transitions, slideshow-like things–has been also largely been superseded by HTML5 and CSS3 (the latest Cascading Style Sheet spec).
I'm actually a big Adobe fan when it comes to their large content creation apps–Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects–but Flash has always been this annoying black box (or blue lego) in my dealings with the web.
I feel about HTML5 video right now the way I felt about Flash video in the early '00s. It's an exciting possibility that will get better. What I think is key here is that stations understand that it's simply out there. There is no harm in experimenting and explaining to the audience what it is. The codec thing will resolve itself – it always does.
Great to hear from you both.
Just a weak excuse to tempt me to use Chrome.
FAIL
Can't believe there are more people using IE6 than there are using Safari and Opera all together.What i expect to be this to be putted in execution.
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