Should your company be streaming video in HTML5 or Flash? While HTML5 has been buzzed about for over a year now, the conservative approach is to use both formats, so that customers will always be able ...

Media platform company LongTail Research has offered up a collection of data covering adoption of the HTML5 video specification among today’s top browsers. Media platform company LongTail Research has ...

Just days after the president's State of the Union address, LongTail Video, home of the popular open source JW Player, is presenting its first ever State of HTML5 Video report. The state of HTML5 is ...

LongTail Video, the creators of JW Player, have found in a study that as much as 74% of the browser market now supports HTML5 video, up from 66% in January. The study, The State of HTML5 Video, ...

The number of videos on the Web that are now compatible with HTML5 has shot up to 63 percent from just 10 percent a year ago, according to video sharing site Mefeedia. Lance Whitney Contributing ...

If you're running Chrome or Safari as your main browser, Google's now offering up YouTube videos without Flash. That's right—fewer system hangs, browser crashes ...

The hype surrounding HTML5 video has thankfully receded from the high water mark of 2011. But the absence of hype doesn't mean HTML5 video is a thing of the past. In fact, while it's true that HTML5 ...

HTML5 video is taking the web by storm. Not only has a very public (and contentious) debate unfolded on the web about the efficacy of presenting videos using HTML5 instead of Flash, but momentum is ...

Here is one more nail in Flash’s coffin: starting today, YouTube defaults to using HTML5 video on all modern browsers, including Chrome, IE 11, Safari 8 and the ...

Now, however, the standard is widely adopted and has plenty going for it, like the support for live broadcasts and a more immersive fullscreen view. Seeing as HTML5 is not just in browsers but smart ...

Vimeo has rebuilt its video player using HTML5, the latest version of the Web programming language that is challenging Adobe Systems’ Flash player in serving up Web video. The use of HTML5, which ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Facebook today announced that every video you see ...