Twitch Is Ditching Flash For HTML5, Just Like YouTube

An anonymous reader writes: Twitch is becoming the latest to transition from Adobe Flash to HTML5. Twitch will start to release its HTML5-based video player controls slowly and in small increments. The video underneath the controls will still be powered by Flash for now. Twitch says this is "an important step to releasing the much-anticipated full HTML5 player" and to "stay tuned for more HTML5 updates."

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Why so many flash sites ?

[dargaud]

I normally have a "no flash start" plugin, meaning I have to click on videos to get them started. That's fine.

But with the recent security zero-days Ubuntu implemented an ask first policy. And I now see the message on virtually every friggin' website, even text-only sites. Why do so many websites use flash for things that the user doesn't need ? I can understand for videos or games, but for a forum...

Re:Why so many flash sites ?

[Dutch Gun]

For a long time, it was simply assumed that ALL users had Flash installed, and it was more or less true (statistically speaking). So, why not show Flash ads as well, since you can animate them, make them interactive, have them spit out sound, and all sorts of other annoying things?

You're only now starting to see a minor trend of people (like me) uninstalling or others blocking Flash by default.

Re:Why are websites dragging their feet on this?

[Archangel Michael]

Google is in the process of killing off NPAPI plugins completely (like Flash, Java etc), and that API will be completely gone in a couple months. Websites better get rid of all the flash stuff soon, and HTML 5 is the replacement.

I applaud Google for forcing the industry forward.