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Vimeo introduces HTML5 video mode, Chrome and Safari users rejoice
Okay: HTML5 video, so what? Well, for one thing, you won't have to wait for an entire video to load before you can jump to a specific part of it. That was one area where Vimeo was actually less user-friendly than YouTube. Not anymore! The player itself also loads right away, without showing you Vimeo's familiar spinner. Playback should also be smoother in H.264 mode.
Because of the ongoing debate over HTML5 video formats, you'll need a webkit browser (like Chrome or Safari) to take advantage of this new Vimeo feature. With H.264 in its repertoire, Vimeo just played some serious catch-up with YouTube in terms of features.
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Subscribe to commentsMiguelJan 22nd 2010 12:04PM
Ok, still very buggy, specifically the sound. Almost deafened me.
DanielJan 22nd 2010 1:20PM
http://www.youtube.com/html5
Brian!Jan 22nd 2010 1:33PM
I like the idea of a standard video format/player. But then, I am also happy with Flash too. I know there are a lot of Flash haters out there, but if HTML5 and whatever comes next is able to replace the functionality of Flash, then do we get to hate HTML?
After all, spam ads are always going to use whatever media tech they can to overload your browser with ad media. It isn't the Flash plugin that I sometimes dislike, it is the content.
Plus, already Flash performance varies by platform. That's a pain. Now HTML5 stars to bring us more complex media/animation tools in HTML - which is not only going to run differently on each platform, but also on each browser.
What I would like is to see technology like Flash merged with the browser. One engine that everyone compiles for each browser providing similar performance across the board.
Brad JensenJan 23rd 2010 7:08PM
No Firefox support. Booooo!
It works excellent in Chrome, though.
I love how the player is virtually indistinguishable from the flash version. :)