- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:26:59 +0100
Also sprach Geoffrey Sneddon:
> > Yes. If a vendor, for some reason, is unable to support the Ogg
> > codecs, I think it's better that they (a) do not support <video>, than
> > (b) they support <video> with proprietary codecs only.
> >
> > Interoperability has more value than conformace.
>
> I think forcing browsers to support a codec when it is outdated is
> wrong.
In this context, I think the spec and the codec will be outdated
roughly at the same time. Likewise, I think HTML/GIF/JPEG/PNG will all
reach, roughly the same age.
I have a long-standing bet that computers we buy 40 years from now
(the bet was entered into ten years ago) will be able to read web
pages from 1997.
I think it's time to add video and audio codecs to this select list.
-h&kon
H?kon Wium Lie CTO ??e??
howcome at opera.com http://people.opera.com/howcome
Received on Saturday, 17 March 2007 10:26:59 UTC