They've just showed off hardware-accelerated HTML5 at the MIX10 keynote, and it's damn impressive. Main points:
- Full-screen, HD-encoded video on netbooks -- the keynote highlighted the dropped frames in Chrome, while IE9 rendered it fine -- made possible by the hardware decoder on the netbook.
- Multiple HTML5 videos on one page? -- then they scroll the page down... and there are two HTML5 videos playing full-screen, on the same document! Using only half the CPU (while Chrome used 100%). Can't see a reason you'd have two full-screen videos on the same page, but it leads into...
- A richer, more animated Web -- the demo showed off a video carousel. Rather than the four icons at the top of the Download Squad page, you might see a carousel that rotates. Done entirely in HTML5; no Flash or Silverlight required.
The IE9 keynote has finished, so we've now had all of the details. Microsoft says they will be releasing a new Developer Preview (
download it here) every 8 weeks -- I wonder when it will become a full-blown beta. Surely this year...
Tags: chrome, hardware acceleration, HardwareAcceleration, HD, html5, internet explorer 9, InternetExplorer9, keynote, microsoft, mix10, video
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Subscribe to commentsPrestonMar 16th 2010 1:24PM
I love browser wars.
Fan WallpapersMar 16th 2010 1:57PM
Me too ;))
But for now IE is the most unfriendly browser created ever.
computerwiz908Mar 16th 2010 5:40PM
Yet I do not like being in the battlefield... I usually only download the stable versions.
DamianMar 16th 2010 1:35PM
What type of video though?
I really don't want to see a world where browser have to pay multi-million dollar license fees...
synerageMar 16th 2010 1:54PM
If it's hardware accelerated, it's not Theora.
hmmMar 16th 2010 1:59PM
The released preview doesn't contain video.
sRcMar 16th 2010 2:03PM
no Theora yet, I just get "Theora decoder not found". but that would indicate to me it does detect it at least and should be easy enough to plug in
hmmMar 16th 2010 2:08PM
I cant test..I'm on XP but the faq says:
Q. You showed HTML5 at MIX10 but it doesn’t work in the Platform Preview.
A. The demo of HTML5 at MIX10 was a preview of a future release of the Platform Preview. Stay tuned for more!
So is h264 video running?
Andrew PollackMar 16th 2010 2:16PM
The promise of html5 is good, and it looks like everyone (other than adobe) has a real reason to jump on it.
Obviously if there is one thing Mozilla, Microsoft, and Google can agree on, it's that being tied to Adobe for flash video is a bad thing.
What remains to be seen, is how open the various implementations will be, and how many hooks will be implemented for controls at the user (or browser plug-in) side to control have video and interactive features require authorization to start. The last thing I want is another medium that allows flying adverts to criss-cross my screen.
Sebastian AnthonyMar 16th 2010 6:32PM
Well, I think any medium that ALLOWS adverts is a good thing.
But a discussion about digital transmission rights/ad revenue is for another place :)
atomic1fireMar 16th 2010 9:44PM
I think it will just be different files in a source tag,
The browser will pick the one it can run.
atleast until one of the browsers (other then safari) decides to use a codec based media backend.
like quicktime can get a plugin for ogg, which inturn can be used in safari, since safari is quicktime based for html5
ArnieMar 16th 2010 5:12PM
I downloaded the preview copy and that thing is fast. Of course, its in no way usable but damn it was Chrome like fast. I was really surprised by it. I hope they get the ACID3 to around 80 from the 55 they have now. I like their idea of starting with the most common stuff used in pages and making that compliant with other browsers first and then concentrating on later parts. Am impressed and hopefully the builds we see later on will be better.
halophoenixMar 16th 2010 5:32PM
I love how this article was posted RIGHT AFTER another one with title "IE9 preview shows improved performance, still lags behind rivals (benchmarked)"
but this one claims it's faster than Chrome. So which is it, or is this just more pro-Microsoft baiting like we've seen in some of the gaming articles?
Sebastian AnthonyMar 16th 2010 6:30PM
The VIDEO is faster! At least, that's what the keynote would have you believe.
I have some misgivings when it comes to benchmarks -- they are often only designed with specific browsers in mind. I doubt anything can accurately benchmark IE9's performance just yet!
Stephen AMar 16th 2010 5:49PM
I REALLY want to like new versions of IE.
I'm not tied to the past - I remember how bad IE was and I remember how it was basically abandoned for years while other browsers excelled.
But if they come out with a good product I want to be able to use it.
And yet one thing will always stop me - They still insist in integrating it deep into Windows. Until they yank it out and make it a stand-alone program, I will never ever trust it.
DpmtMar 16th 2010 7:20PM
In Windows 7 you can turn off Internet Explorer completely. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/03/how-to-remove-and-disable-ie8-uninstall-internet-explorer-8-from-windows-7/
Its technically still deep in the OS but its unreachable. You can blame devs for any remaining traces.
AurrinMar 23rd 2010 12:51AM
It makes sense for it to be, honestly. These days, the 'net is not an 'add-on' or side-task. The OS needs to have the ability to access and display internet content, including help documents, updates, and other essential information, natively. The real problem was that up until recently that also allowed it to bypass a lot of security, making it a huge vulnerability. I'm glad to see that these days they're taking security seriously and making it much, much better. (It still has a way to go, but the worst is easily behind them.)
atomic1fireMar 16th 2010 9:47PM
I'm waiting to see if canvas is supported, it is a html5 element, so I don't think they won't but considering its Microsoft, Who knows...
SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt)Mar 19th 2010 12:41PM
"Can't see a reason you'd have two full-screen videos on the same page, but it leads into..."
porn
LouMar 24th 2010 6:24PM
@Damian Nearly nobody except corporations who are selling h.264-encoded video need worry about licensing fees. Your post about the possibility of having to pay multi-million dollar fees seems overly dramatic.