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Mike Shaver
Did Chrome ever actually drop H.264? I haven't seen anything since the blog post 13 months (!) ago.
BrendanEich
BrendanEich
@shaver Not yet. If/when, NBD because content authors put Flash fallback inside <video>, and Chrome has a "special" Flash deal from Adobe...
@shaver Not yet. If/when, NBD because content authors put Flash fallback inside <video>, and Chrome has a "special" Flash deal from Adobe...
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Mike Shaver
@BrendanEich yeah, and it looks like B2G will support H.264 as well, so to the extent that mobile is the future, open codecs probably aren't
@BrendanEich yeah, and it looks like B2G will support H.264 as well, so to the extent that mobile is the future, open codecs probably aren't
BrendanEich
BrendanEich
@shaver We have to play in order to place or win, but we're playing the longer game (Broadway.js is a first move) too.
@shaver We have to play in order to place or win, but we're playing the longer game (Broadway.js is a first move) too.
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Mike Shaver
@BrendanEich yep, I remember having this discussion about desktop video; I was likely on the wrong side of history
@BrendanEich yep, I remember having this discussion about desktop video; I was likely on the wrong side of history
shaver
Mike Shaver
@raccettura I may have been the only person on the stage talking about WebM that didn't turn out to be lying!
@raccettura I may have been the only person on the stage talking about WebM that didn't turn out to be lying!
raccettura
Robert Accettura
@shaver I'm shocked. I've been told I'm cynical… I like to call it "experienced".
@shaver I'm shocked. I've been told I'm cynical… I like to call it "experienced".
andreasgal
andreasgal
@shaver Chrome never dropped H.264. Their slogan seems to have morphed into "Say you don't do evil."
@shaver Chrome never dropped H.264. Their slogan seems to have morphed into "Say you don't do evil."