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OK Go Goes HTML5
edumacator writes "The YouTube sensation OK Go has just released their latest video using HTML5. The video is pretty cool itself, but the interactive feature is great." It looks like the interactive stuff only works in Chrome.
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WTF? I think I'm going to throw up now.
You sir, owe it to yourself to observe more frequently the fecal matter of homosexuals. It will spare you the embarrassment of making such an incorrect statement again.
"This site works best with..." remember the loathe 'we' used to have for that phrase, because it was almost invariably followed by "Internet Explorer"?
Welcome to semi-recent developments where that phrase makes its comeback, now to be followed by Google Chrome.
So I'll augment my post from yesterday with:
How about installing Google Chrome when you want to watch an online presentation purportedly made using HTML5 standard tech?
WT Heck. This video is so annoying I couldn't even finish watching it. And a web site that says "You have to download and install a Google product to use me"? Um, no thanks?
It takes me about 3 seconds to leave a web site that says I have to download a Google product to view it.
Opinions - you're entitled to have 'm.
Since the release involved HTML5, something that jives well within the 'nerd' demographic? (as does the band, to an extent, given that they're not generally 'pop' and make wacky videos).
Slashdot did the same with Radiohead's open sourcing of their music video:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/07/18/1436211/Radiohead-Open-Sources-Music-Video
Be glad that this time it was posted under Idle?
It's called 'convenience'. You may not appreciate it, but most people do. In fact, I think Slashdot should do so far more often.
While I, myself, am no fan of the style either, I don't think it's the video's content that is the reason for its posting.
I wouldn't know - it's apparently a "This site works best with (read: only with) Google Chrome". Can't be bothered to install it.
They may be riding the momentum from back when they very much were (you know, the treadmill thing). if nothing else, many sites pick up on new 'Ok Go!' video releases because, as mentioned above, it's always something rather different from what you'd usually see. As such, perhaps 'sensation' is too strongly worded, but it captures the general idea.
It's called AdBlock (or one of various alternatives) - you might want to look into it.
You seem very angry - I don't know why, it's not like you're all that new here.
I like Ok Go, They have an interesting way of using non-cgi to make interesting music videos... however looking at this video from a technical project standpoint... do the browser features (aka: HTML5) really add anything to this video? Don't get me wrong, the capabilities of the browser are really neat, and I bet it was quite the project to put this together. But, the technology doesn't really add anything visually to the video. It just stacks windows next to and on top of each other... might as well skip the multiple windows and just create frames or for that sake, just have them in a single video... I think Arcade Fire's video at http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ was a lot more interesting and a lot better use of web-tech. For one, it used Google maps data in a little more interesting of a way than simply writing out your message w/ feet. Also, they were able to use single backdrop with objects popping up in windows in different areas rather than just a matrix of windows playing a different video stream.
Google. You're turning evil. In fact, over the last year you've turned way more evil than I could ever have anticipated. What with Chromebooks turning Chrome into a 'proprietary apps' platform, when those apps, save for their 'Chrome packaging' should have been normal webapps for any browser ... and now this.
I'm out.
Note:. This didn't even work in Chromium. CHROMIUM!!! I had to get 'Google Chrome' for it to work.
Don't you hate it when that blasted RMS eventually keeps turning out right all the time ... :(
The video and music are far from the worst thing I've ever seen. I mean, compared to the current state of American pop music this is high art. That said, this feels like pop music for people who like to pretend they don't like pop music.
And what happened with HTML5 being an open, cross-platform standard? I thought we had seen the last of browser-specific websites. Either the developers were too lazy to ensure this worked in all browsers or, far more likely, they were pushed into making this Chrome only. Either way, it doesn't bode well for HTML5 at all especially if companies are going to start offering proprietary variations.
It's probably not good for the future of Chrome either. Microsoft could get away with it because they already had massive market share by the time this sort of thing started happening. And at the time it happened mostly because developers couldn't be bothered to support other browsers.
Who the fuck is "OK Go" ?? /. running an advert for them?
And why
Also, their crappy site says:
>>We're sorry, but this content was designed with the browser Google Chrome in mind.
>> As a result, it may not work properly in your current browser. We recommend using Google Chrome.
"Recommend" ?? Bullshit. It won't let you see it in any other browser. That's not recommending.
In summation, a mediocre artsy group released a shit video using an HTML5able codec so they can be whored around by Google to get a greater browser market share.
"This is a Chrome Experiment"
and this is me closing the page *click*
Does the constant hate ever get exhausting? I mean, I know it's trendy nowadays, but it wears me the fuck out.
Support the EFF and Creative Commons. The war is coming, and they're supporting you...
I'm not saying this video is gay, but Marcus Bachmann says it's "fabulous".
And he shits Frogurt, so draw your own conclusions.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Okay, so the message when visiting with Safari says "We're sorry, but this content was designed with the browser Google Chrome in mind. As a result, it may not work properly in your current browser. We recommend using Google Chrome." So I think, "Well, Chrome essentially cribbed their HTML5 engine from Safari, so I should be good. I'll give it a try." Unfortunately, there's no way to get past the message. Perhaps they should rephrase "It may not work in your current browser" to "We won't let you view this with anything but Chrome." Ah well. It will take more than an interactive movie video to make me install Chrome. *close*
It's a cool idea and the YouTube video is neat, but requiring Chrome? Non-starter. I'm sure it's because they're pushing WebM video out, and so it's just another shot in Google's War On Apple (the WebM vs. H.264 battle again). No thanks. I use Chrome on occasion, but I refuse to use websites that require one specific browser even when it's supposedly up to standards.
Last summer when Arcade Fire did their Chrome Experiments video (the interactive film for "We Used to Wait"), it rendered really well on Safari and Chrome, OK on prerelease Firefox builds, and not really on IE8, but that was because it really was built in HTML5 and made concerted efforts to be neutral.
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