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YouTube now defaults to HTML5

January 28, 2015 by Jack Zimmermann Leave a Comment

YouTube now defaults to HTML5 <video>

YouTube Engineering and Developers Blog:

Four years ago, we wrote about YouTube’s early support for the HTML5 <video> tag and how it performed compared to Flash. At the time, there were limitations that held it back from becoming our preferred platform for video delivery. Most critically, HTML5 lacked support for Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) that lets us show you more videos with less buffering.

Over the last four years, we’ve worked with browser vendors and the broader community to close those gaps, and now, YouTube uses HTML5 <video> by default in Chrome, IE 11, Safari 8 and in beta versions of Firefox.

Thanks Steve Jobs for really start the war against Adobe Flash. It’s a bug ridden extension full of security holes, and the sooner it disappears, the better. This will put another nail in the coffin.

Filed Under: Internet Tagged With: Video, Web, YouTube

A Better YouTube App for iOS – ProTube

January 1, 2015 by Jack Zimmermann Leave a Comment

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Download on the AppStoreI love wasting time watching YouTube. There’s always something interesting, funny or informative to find. On my Mac I have extensions to eliminate the annoying ads, And to get the highest quality available, but when watching on my iPhone or iPad I have sit and wait five seconds and then press skip when ads are shown. But not anymore. I found a great YouTube App replacement that plays back videos in the highest possible quality, but also does away with the ads. The app is called Protube. It’s only $2.99 and well worth it. So now I can watch even more crazy videos.

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Filed Under: iOS Tagged With: iOS, iPad, iPhone, Video, YouTube

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