“We’ve just found out that Facebook videos (the Facebook ones, those who used to be played in Flash; YouTube videos were already supported) are now iPad [and iPhone and iPod touch] compatible, as you can watch them from your new magical device using HTML5,” Viticci reports.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Have a nice day, Adobe.
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 discerning and well-heeled customers online: 50+ million iPhone owners. They’re also not hitting brand new iPad users or 35+ million iPod touch users. 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 CBS via online feedback form to offer HTML5 video here.
• Ask MarketWatch via the customer support web form to offer HTML5 video here.
• Ask CNBC via the customer support web form to offer HTML5 video here.
• Contact Hulu via email and ask them to offer HTML5 video:
• Ask ESPN360 via their feedback page to offer HTML5 video instead Flash here.
• Join YouTube’s HTML5 beta here.
• On Vimeo, click the “Switch to HTML5 player” link below any video.
YES!!! Good Facebook
Facebook slaps Flash in the Face!!
Perhaps Flash will die quicker than we thought.
One more down…
When does ClickToHTML5 come out?
I hope someone forwards the article to Adobe.
another kick n the fl-ash for Adobe
How can you call yourselves Apple users and ‘like’ facebook. I thought you were smarter than that.
Did I somehow offend some gods here? My post had just disappeared:
…”When does ClickToHTML5 come out?”
Rather than doing that, you can always get a nice HOSTS file that blocks out access to ALL advertising servers. The site is Win-centric, but HOSTS file is universal. Works like a charm.
Make sure you rename the HOSTS file before visiting MDN, though. It is only fair to let them pay for the content they provide for us by showing us ads for Nexus One and Dell. After all, nothingis sweeter than taking advertising money from Google, Dell, MS, etc., knowing that they’ll NEVER benefit from those ads (after all, how many MDNers are ever going to buy Nexus One…???)
@Bob lol
Flash is not going away. Keep dreaming…
To Bob
I have “Click to Flash” and often on YouTube the window comes up with HTML5 instead of Flash. Click on it to play.
I just uploaded a video to FB and it doesn’t play on my iPod touch, still the same “sorry” message as always. Apparently, FB is still working on it this morning.
Updated by RWW: NOT html5, but rather uploaded videos are transcoded to mp4, so they will play on the Apple Mobile Device.
Is Facebook serving up h.264 (as per jjjj above) AND Flash videos or did Facebook just add h.264 support in addition?
Replacing Flash with an open standard would be HUGE! Offering up a second format – not so much.
They aren’t actually doing any html5.
They are just linking ipad and iphone users to directly to video files, transcoded in a format they can read (mp4 h.264).
Facebook is a very badly designed site. It doesn’t supprise me they’re not actually using HTML 5 but rather a more ghetto solution.
Unfortunately, YouTube’s HTML5 beta still has some ways to go. I had to switch back to Flash.
@praus,
OK, what is inferior about their solution? That is not a rhetorical question. Some of us are not web designers and would like to know.
First video link I try after reading this and it pops with, Facebook video is not compatible at this time. Blah. Blah.
@praus
I don’t think there is anything wrong with Facebook’s solution. The only noticeable difference to the user is if they were html5, the videos would play inside the webpage, instead of just jumping to a fullscreen video.
The difference is basically same as linking to an image, instead of embedding the image on a page.
I just want to correct the headline, since this has nothing to do with HTML5.
@screamster
“Flash is not going away. Keep dreaming…”
Perhaps it’s not going away for animation, but as a video transport?
I loved the No Agenda ‘in the morning’ reference!
FB video still not working on iPhone
No this is bad news!!!
I fking hate gaybook!!!