On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Håkon Wium Lie wrote: > Jonas Sicking wrote: > > I'm suggesting we make Theora the base codec endorsed by W3C and HTML. > > But leave Apple, and anyone else, free to implement additional codecs > > such as H.264. > > I support this position. This is what the HTML5 draft stated when the > <video> element was introduced. Bringing it back would heal the > community and improve interoperability. It would do nothing to the level of interoperability we have, and it would only heal the community in the sense that giving presents to a child when he's upset helps "heal" the child. IMHO. Ignoring the fact that one of the major browser vendors has point-blank refused to implement this part of the spec is not how we make progress. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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