Youtube and Vimeo have rolled out HTML5 video players that require no flash. I’ve been using them for over a week and they are awesome. No maxing out the cpu, no crashing the browser, no plugins… it’s great. HTML5 is of course a open standard that all of the modern browsers are supporting. Between this and all of the new javascript animation frameworks, I am very excited for the (open!) future of the internet.
Youtube: http://youtube.com/html5
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/8657453
Just above the Advertisement on bottom right should be a Switch to HTML5 Player link. Click that to participate in the HTML5 beta…
Explanation: http://www.vimeo.com/blog:268
