Safari only: If you’re a MacBook owner, you might have noticed that running a YouTube video can make your system lap-sweat-inducing hot. Install the YouTube5 Safari extension, and every YouTube video is re-wrapped as an HTML5 video stream, no cpu-cycling Flash needed.
Gmail was on an HTML5 roll this year, adding drag-and-drop attachments, image insertion and windows staying open after Gmail closes. Those features were Chrome-only, but have now made their way into Safari 5 on Windows and Mac.
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/GGT8ZCTBoBA&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":570,"height":412,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true} );
YouTube just rolled out a new version of their mobile site at m.youtube.com featuring an arguable better interface and higher quality video playback than what’s offered in the iPhone’s native YouTube application.
Download Squad’s Sebastian Anthony pits developer versions of IE9, Firefox, Chrome and Opera against each other in an HTML5 benchmark in the video above. The results: Currently the hardware acceleration available in IE9 and Firefox 3.7 take the performance cake. [Download Squad]
Internet Explorer: Google Chrome Frame, the IE add-in that displays certain web pages with a Chrome-style engine, has updated to beta, adding Chrome 5.0 features like HTML5 video and audio support, while also tightening its integration with Internet Explorer features.
If you’ve got a blog, personal site or another web platform and find yourself wondering how you can get in on the no-plugin-needed streaming video in HTML5, Webmonkey has a handy guide to understanding and embedding HTML5 videos on your site.
