HTML 5.0
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- ********0
These days, the most important reason for having Flash installed on your computer, is so you can watch video on the web. All the other interactive stuff can now generally be done with HTML + a set of JS library plugins.
HTML5 gives a way to play video on the web, without using Flash.
This is why people are saying Flash is dead.
- ukit0
Yeah exactly, if you are trying to build a typical site entirely in Flash that is going to become increasingly tough to justify. There are plenty of niches where it could be a good idea, but I wouldn't recommend it for your average website.
- boobs0
OK. So let's say you put up a video on the web, set up to be viewed on HTML 5.0.
What percentage of browsers will be able to view it? My reading of the previously mentioned chart shows some pretty notable red x marks in the various video boxes.
What if one did the same thing with a video in Flash?
Which would allow a higher percentage of viewership in currently installed browsers?
- ukit0
I think you know the answer don't you? Flash is obviously way better supported. Just like lukus says above, video is the main area where Flash is your default solution currently.
I think it's gonna get a little more complicated than that pretty soon though. We're entering a period where HTML 5 will not be fully supported, but increasingly people will want to support it to some extent. So that will mean delivering different technologies depending on how the client accesses your site.
Whether that's worth pursuing depends on what kind of site we're talking about. YouTube, Vimeo, and large content-based sites like the NYTimes are already rolling out that kind of multi tiered compatibility. No way are they going to risk not being viewable on the iPad, and in YouTube's case they have clear interests in moving to that new format. For a small business at the moment, it's probably not worth the hassle.
But at the end of the day, you should be educating your clients about what the actual situation is, you'll be able to make a better argument that way.