“In the past year, smartphones have emerged as a major platform for watching video and web content. And while TEDTalks have always been viewable on the phone itself (via our iTunes podcast or independently created iPhone, Windows Mobile and Android apps), we saw a demand to view our website through the phone browser,” TED Blog reports.
“For this reason, we’re thrilled to announce that TED.com now supports the HTML5 open standard and the H.264 codec,” TED Blog reports. “What it means for you: if you own an iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad — or any smartphone that supports the open HTML5 standard — you can watch TEDTalks right in your browser, and also make comments and rate the talks (though you won’t yet have access to our subtitles).”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Note to advertisers (including those who advertise via third-party ad networks and become, in effect, our advertisers): Your Flash-based ads are no longer reaching the most well-heeled customers online: iPhone owners. They’re also not hitting iPod touch users. And, very soon, iPad users won’t be seeing them, either. If you care about reaching people with discretionary income, you might want to consider dumping your flash-based ads and moving to a more open format that people with money and the will to spend it can actually see.
Help kill Adobe’s Flash:
• Ask CNBC to offer HTML5 video via the customer support web form here.
• Contact Hulu and ask them to offer HTML5 video via email:
• Ask ESPN360 to offer HTML5 video instead Flash via their feedback page here.
• Join YouTube’s HTML5 beta here.
• On Vimeo, click the “Switch to HTML5 player” link below any video.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “David E.” for the heads up.]
That’s terrific! I hope this movement picks up steam.
Hinky. I watched one of their videos (posted on a message board) with my iPhone yesterday. Never heard of TED.com before then. I was hesitant to click the link, figuring it was a Flash video, but I took the chance and was pleasantly surprised to see that played.
I bet the site looks and works great on an iPad.
I have no less than 8 Flash ads on this page!
Good campaigning MDN – even your advertisers might one day see some sense…
Oh and well done TED!
Van Morrison:
“Oh oh Domino”
OK but I want my HTML5 video on all Safari (webKit) supported platforms…
Now TED
Flush Flash!
MDN- if you really believe in making the Web a better place then remove your myriad B.S. mouse-over ads that make your site soooo god damn annoying!
Double plus good: good for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad users, AND good – actually GREAT – for TED, one of the finest resources on the web today.
I LOVE TED talks. I’d love to do something important or innovative enough to be invited to speak at the event at some point in my life. Great move by a great enlightener of minds.
Wow, I’m amazed how much of an impact the iPad has had on flash already. But I still need a touch screen Mac, not a big iPhone.