Firefox and Flash; Left To Die

[jazzy]

All cheery about the HTML5, you use Firefox? Okay, well, you can use HTML5, but you can't use h.264.

Here's the problem; h.264 licensing costs a good amount, from what I've heard, it's like 5m$.

yeah, well, whats h.264 mean for HTML5?

HTML5 relies on two video codecs, h.264, and ogg vorbis. So what's the problem? Youtube might not use ogg.

Meaning that Firefox can't use Youtube once HTML5 becomes mainstream, the only real browsers will be Safari, IE, and Chrome, why? Because they have monies.

Google and Apple are also part of the MPEG-LA group that holds rights for H.264. Mozilla is too small of a company to afford getting h.264, even their president said that they cant afford it.

There are only two things left for Firefox to hope; HTML5 isn't the shit, or that OGG comes to youtube. Now sure, youtube isnt everything, but it's certainly a lot, isn't it? I mean would you honestly use Firefox if you had to use out-dated software with it?

It's sad, because this was the most subtle backstab by Google and Apple, the main supporters of HTML5. They're going to kill every small time browser out there. Now, will it happen soon? No, but it will happen without ogg support, or free h.264 rights (that will never happen).

 

Really, without OGG on youtube, firefox is fucking fucked.

[ReGIONALS]

cool story bro

[jazzy]

cool story bro

 

thanks i try real hard

[SchmoSalt]

I guess no more YouTube for me if this happens. I'm not going to switch over to Chrome and loose out on all of the addons I use on Firefox. What a shame.

[Desum]

meh, i refuse to not support a better browser just because they can't afford some 'state-of-the-art' crap forced on through Google's partnership with youtube.

[trakaill]

Chrome for the win... for all you fire crap users...switch over for a much better experience..

and it will only get better!!!

 

Im not even gonna address IE users..

[SchmoSalt]

Chrome for the win... for all you fire crap users...switch over for a much better experience..

and it will only get better!!!

 

Im not even gonna address IE users..

 

So how exactly is Firefox bad? Other than Chrome being able to load a page a second faster (*GASP*) and the lack of H.264 support how is Firefox suddenly this piece of crap you suggest it is? u mad?

[Lux]

Prefer Chromes lay out......better bookmark system and it loads faster.

[trakaill]

Prefer Chromes lay out......better bookmark system and it loads faster.

 

^that

chrome is just awesome to browes with.. its so simple yet so complete I dont find the words to describ it

[b0red]

I still love my firefox, all it takes is all us firefox users to donate $1 to get that license.