Google To Push WebM With IE9, Safari Plugins

surveyork writes with this "new chapter in the browser wars: 'Google in a defense of its decision to pull H.264 from Chrome's HTML5 revealed that it will put out WebM plugins for Internet Explorer 9 and Safari. Expecting no official support from Apple or Microsoft, Google plans to develop extensions that would load its self-owned video codec. No timetable was given.' So Google gets started with their plan for world-wide WebM domination. They'll provide WebM plugins for the browsers of the H.264-only league, so in practice, all major browsers will have WebM support — one way or the other. Machiavellian move?"

Comments

Then has anyone decided to fork the H.264 builds?

[sethstorm]

If Google is going all out to kill H.264, have they made sure previous versions of Chrome aren't available that have said support?

Re:Hah

[gbl08ma]

I don't think Microsoft will stop its busy work making banners saying the blue E version 9 is the best and better than the 2nd best as well as irritating Silverlight (with H.264 video included!) ads for the same purpose, to release a plugin for a browser that no one uses. Even because, in Europe everyone is using the orange fox (around the blue globe!) and they need to get everyone back to the blue E before people start using the multicolored ball (with a blue center!).

This, my dear people, is human evolution along the times...