Categorized Under: Html 5

Html5 finally solves an age old problem of being able to upload files while also showing the upload progress. Today most websites use Flash Player to achieve this functionality. Some websites continue to use the Html but with modification on the server side to enable showing users the upload progress. Essentially, what you need to do is hook into the server’s byte stream while it is receiving a file so you know how many bytes you’ve received and somehow convey that information back to the client browser, while it is still in the process of uploading the file[...]

During the source of developing an html 5 video player I came across the really stupid specification and that is the [...]

MPEG LA, the group that oversees licensing for a number of Internet media standards, announced that Internet broadcast content using the H.264 video coding standard will remain royalty-free for the entire life of the license, quashing fears that the standard could suddenly become subject to royalty payments in 2016 after the current licensing term expires and is required to be renewed. MPEG LA announced today that its AVC Patent Portfolio License will continue not to charge royalties for Internet Video that is free to end users (known as “Internet Broadcast AVC Video”) during the entire life of this License[...]

  I see so much confusion and BS about Html 5 and Flash on the Internet. Most of it seems from people who know almost nothing about it in the first place[...]