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Browser vendor squabbles cause W3C to scrap codec requirement

Sean | July 2nd, 2009 | | PrintThis

"The latest rewrite of the Web's mother tongue won't recommend the use of specific audio and video encoding formats that could make it cheaper and easier for people to distribute multimedia content. The major browser makers have been unable to agree on an encoding format they will support in their products, wrote Ian Hickson, editor of the HTML 5 specification for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)." Well, duh. You think Adobe or Microsoft wants this to happen? Google should be PUSHING HARD for this.

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