Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 19th Jun 2009 15:23 UTC
We're on the verge of a serious evolution on the web. Right now, the common way to include video on the web is by use of Flash, a closed-source technology that is a massive resource hog. The answer is the HTML5 video tag, which allows you to embed video into HTML pages without the use of Flash or any other non-HTML technology; combined with open video codecs, this could provide the perfect opportunity to further open up and standardise the web. Sadly, not even Mozilla itself really seems to understand what it is supposed to do with the video tag, and actually advocates the use of JavaScript to implement it. Kroc Camen, OSNews editor, is very involved in making/keeping the web open, and has written an open letter to Mozilla in which he urges them to not use JavaScript for HTML video. Note that Kroc's website may not work properly in Internet Explorer. (Update The letter has been mirrored in the article, Read More for the full text)
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I have an objection to Kroc's open letter preventing me from signing it. The objection is not to the technical approach or the details; rather it is the call to remove the current blog post. The post should remain, and a second post made, should the original author be persuaded. An update to the post, pointing to the update would also be quite reasonable.
Without this, the history and discussion will be lost; further, it shows disrespect for the original author, who did in fact expend useful effort that should be recognized and encouraged.
I would be happy to sign a letter modified in this way.