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Facebook Replaces Flash With HTML5 For Videos (facebook.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the flash-in-the-dust-pan dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Facebook announced that it officially replaced Flash with HTML5 for its video player. They made the change because of security reasons, but developers also found it easier to work with — it led to quicker turnarounds for site-wide changes, and had better integration with code testing platforms. Facebook reports that user engagement has gone up since the switch was made.

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  1. Die flash, die! by SuricouRaven · · Score: 2

    Still a long way to go before we can be rid of the horrid thing, but this is one step closer.

    1. Re:Die flash, die! by epyT-R · · Score: 4, Funny

      Same with facebook.

    2. Re:Die flash, die! by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 2

      The only people that are to be blamed [...] are the posters themselves. They continually post inaine amount of shit, such as when they're taking a dump [...], etc. Or posting pics of their meals.

      I post a single picture with the caption "After and before".

  2. I sense a great disturbance in the force by Billly+Gates · · Score: 4, Funny

    As in a million grandmas and diehards still running XP thinking E stands for Internet noticed in terror their facebooks stopped playing videos and were silenced.

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  3. engagement by darkain · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Facebook reports that user engagement has gone up since the switch was made."

    No, this is absolutely total fucking bullshit. Engagement isn't "up" because of the switch from Flash to HTML5. Average end users wouldn't even know the difference. Why is engagement really "up"? Because they changed the god damn controls around. When playing a video, clicking on it no longer stops the fucking video, but instead takes over the whole god damn browser window with some video player playlist bullshit that nobody asked for. To stop a video now, you have to find the small pause button in the corner, rather than just being able to click anywhere. Give it a couple weeks for people to get pissed off enough to remember this, and their video player usage will tank again.

  4. Re:What About Farmville by simcop2387 · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, https://www.zynga.com/blogs/ca...

  5. Old news by jones_supa · · Score: 4, Informative

    What is this crusty rubbish? Facebook has been using HTML5 videos for months already.

  6. Re:"user engagement has gone up" by budgenator · · Score: 2

    "user engagement has gone up" really means because flashblock doesn't work in HTML5, your data-plan gets hammered harder and our ad revenue has gone up.

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  7. Re: Facebook by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 2

    This is Slashdot. You should have 512 friends.

  8. Re:How to root your linux installation by malditaenvidia · · Score: 2

    Lennart Poettering must be rolling in his grave.

  9. Google, could you please be next? by GeRM_007 · · Score: 2

    Google Finance, for whatever reason, uses Flash for their financial charts. The non-flash version are a throwback to the mid 90's.