If you're running Chrome or Safari as your main browser, Google's now offering up YouTube videos without Flash. That's right—fewer system hangs, browser crashes ...

The battle between HTML5 and Flash to be the dominant means for video playback on the Web is nothing less than epic. With major culture and technology players like Steve Jobs looking to bend the ...

Between the iPad’s blocking of Flash earlier this year and the huge wave of ad campaigns, open letters, and debates that followed, it seems that everyone has an opinion on the merits (or lack thereof) ...

Sure, HTML5 adds support for Web video that doesn't need Flash. But there are many reasons Adobe's plug-in still is necessary, YouTube says. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

The battle between Adobe Flash and HTML5 continues to rage, but in the meantime, YouTube has come up with a solution that serves up both players. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers ...

Google has weighed in heavily in favor of HTML5, but engineers at Google-owned YouTube maintain Flash is still the best platform for video distribution In the ongoing ...

Google this week added support for HTML5 playback of videos in its own Chrome browser as well as Safari from Apple. The new feature allows users to watch video without the longstanding Internet ...

As of today, YouTube will now default to HTML5 video on your web browser when available - if not, Flash will still be used. This is said to promote faster video ...

YouTube’s Flash-less HTML5 video offerings keep expanding: The latest is a hybrid embedded video that’ll play HTML5 or Flash video, depending what a viewer’s ...

Apple started the war on Flash, but Google may be the company to finish it. Five years after the search giant introduced HTML5 video as an option on YouTube, Google ...