Mozilla Debates Supporting H.264 In Firefox Via System Codecs

An anonymous reader writes "Adoption of the HTML5 video element has been hampered by the lack of a universal video format that is supported in all browsers. Mozilla previously rejected the popular H.264 video codec because it is patent-encumbered and would require implementors to pay royalty fees. The organization is now rethinking its position and is preparing to add support for H.264 video decoding in mobile Firefox via codecs that are provided by the underlying operating system or hardware. The controversial proposal has attracted a lot of criticism from Firefox contributors, including some employed by Mozilla."

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[Billly Gates]

Because XP users will whine to the webmasters their internets wont show videos at the website.

What about Linux users? Leave them in the dark too? Mobile users? In India and China there will likely be more people browsing the web on phones than desktops and not everyone of them will have an expensive patent paid IPhone or Andriod. These mobile browsers do not support these patents to cut down on costs.