Tired of Flash? HTML5 Viewer For YouTube

An anonymous reader writes "Instead of spending the next 10 years trying to find a Flash implementation for Linux or OS X that doesn't drain CPU cycles like there's no tomorrow, NeoSmart Technologies has made an HTML5 viewer for YouTube videos. It loads YouTube videos in an HTML5 video container and streams (with skip/skim/pause/resume) against an MP4 resource, and an (optional) userscript file can update YouTube pages with the HTML5 viewer. The latest versions of Firefox, Chrome, and Safari are supported. Personally, I can't wait until the major video sites default to HTML5 and we can finally say goodbye to Flash."

Comments

Re:Only video sites?

[rinoid]

IF all Flash were used for were cute little casual games and streaming video the web would be better off. However, people use it for navigation, setting type on pages, and all it does in these cases is hide content away and lock it down to certain devices which happen to support the flash plugin. It blows.

Re:YouTube's parent company distributes Chrome

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

So, what happened to google being responsible for what browser makers do?

Google isn't responsible

Good. Glad we cleared that up.

I was using Google primarily as a nexus to bring United States law into the discussion, in order to rule out "I'm not in the United States; sucks to be you" responses.

AKA a red herring. Thank you for playing.