The most popular online video viewer, YouTube, has decided to abandon the flash for HTML5, which will now be the norm.
Over the last four years, the YouTube is experimenting with HTML5, and it has now been announced that it will be the basic template for running the service in Chrome, Internet Explorer 11, Safari 8, and all the Firefox trial versions. This decision is likely to affect the speed at which a video is uploaded, especially in conditions of increased Internet traffic and connections that handle large volumes of data.
Adaptive Bitrate technology, or ABR for short, allows YouTube to adjust resolution and bitrate as network usage conditions change, cutting online buffering in half and even more videos. At the same time, HTML5 allows the open standard VP9, which allows you to view higher quality videos with smaller files, which enhances the upload speed, especially for those who use mobile Internet.
All indications are that HTML5 is headed for full web dominance, with Adobe's flash being abandoned by an ever-increasing number of services and widely used platforms, such as functional Apple's iOS system.
Source: pestaola.gr
