News Twitch begins shift from Flash to HTML5

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  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Gareth Halfacree, 23 Jul 2015
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  2. David

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    I wish everybody would make a start.
     
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  3. bionicgeekgrrl

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    The more places that finally ditch Flash the better. Video playback shouldn't need external plugins or be platform limited on browsers :) DRM is the main limit to getting rid of it I suspect sadly however, but I'm sure there is some way around that (DRM to ensure you have the right to access in the first place before the content is streamed/accessible probably?).
     
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  4. Phil Rhodes

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    I think this is a bit unfair on flash.

    Flash was intended to do - and does - a lot more than just video playback. Really, using it just for that was always abuse of a sort.

    It's better that we have another way of playing back video, but let's not baby/bathwater this.

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    Phil Rhodes, 24 Jul 2015
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    I was like wtf, but it makes sense you saying it Phil.
     
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