Last week, OSNews reported on a letter I had wrote to Mozilla complaining of a JavaScript dependant HTML5 video example they had published. The letter caused a great deal of stir and Mozilla have replied by publishing a new example that does not rely upon JavaScript to see the video. Secondly, Mozilla have actually used Video for Everybody for their "What's new in Firefox 3.5" page! A big win for HTML5 video across the web!
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Member since:2005-11-10
If you've got NoScript and FlashBlock they kind of conflict with each other and you have to click the blocked video three times to unblock it, it should play then. Try disabling NoScript/FlashBlock or allowing the domain and double check that the HTML5 video plays when no extensions are messing about with it.
If it's still not working, then that would be most odd and we can try work that out.
My website is pretty heavy on the CSS and sometimes freaks out some browsers / platforms, it doesn't seem to happen to everybody though. It would help to know what OS you're on and what extensions you have installed, as well as if you have 'smooth scrolling' enabled.
Regards,
Kroc.
Member since:2008-02-05
Sorry, it turns out that it was ogg after all; however you probably changed hosting.
When I allowed NoScript to display all of your page, the video loaded without any flash (as it should be).
I had 'smooth scrolling' enabled, but even without it, scrolling your site is quite choppy. I don't have that many add-ons (the main ones being noscript and flashblock, and noscript was already allowing everything when I tried again).
<edit> i'm on Windows XP Pro, a Core2Duo laptop with 2GB RAM, and the latest Firefox 3.5 RC
Edited 2009-06-23 12:58 UTC
Member since:
2008-02-05
Kroc,
did you change anything on the VFE page?
I'm using Flashblock and NoScript, and when you first published your letter, the Firefox 3.5 video tag worked perfectly, whereas now I get only a blocked javascript pointing to a blocked flash object
On a more or less related note, scrolling your site is really slow in my browser. Nearly as if something is continually re-calculated, like on flash-heavy sites.
I can give info about my system if you like.
<EDIT: just to clarify that Firefox 3.5 still displays video's, just not on Kroc's site>
Edited 2009-06-23 11:49 UTC