Re: Codecs for <video> and <audio>

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Ian Hickson<ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Jonas Sicking wrote:
>>
>> So the only way to move forward that I can see is to ensure Theoras
>> popularity. Having HTML 5 endorse theora would be a big step in that
>> direction (the last point is as I understand it the one you don't agree
>> with?).
>
> I don't think the spec will have any effect on Theora's popularity. In
> fact, Theora is probably already more popular than anything else in the
> spec, if we go by volume of e-mail sent per topic. Nothing else in the
> spec has resulted in this much media attention.

Volume of e-mail generated where?

And do you not think the fact that Theora was being considered for
HTML 5 was an important reason for the media attention?

/ Jonas

Received on Tuesday, 7 July 2009 00:05:04 UTC