2008/7/31 Maik Merten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > David Gerard schrieb:
>> The "IP concerns" are blatant FUD and it's ridiculous to describe them >> in any other terms. > While I do agree that the "IP concerns" may actually be blown out of > proportion (after all the current state of being in a limbo, leaving the > field completely to proprietary technology like Flash video, may backfire > more than taking the unspecified risk of IP troubles inherent to any > technology) yelling at Apple and Nokia most likely won't resolve the > situation by itself. Ignoring IE, Firefox 3.1 will have this Just Work. So, as I said, it'll be a process of them deciding whether there are business reasons to come along at their leisure. > Perhaps it makes sense to discuss ways to make installation of 3rd party > media components as easy as one simple click to ensure a reasonably > user-friendly cross-platform media experience. A common baseline codec built > into user agents would of course be a nicer solution, but from what I > understand little progress has been made on that topic. So perhaps let's > make progress on a nearly-just-as-good solution. That's an implementation detail on their end, really. - d.
