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Microsoft Supporting FireFox
Hell continues freezing. Microsoft will be matching Flash advantage by supporting Safari and FireFox. The IE browser is being abandoned. What we are seeing is a new emphasis at Microsoft that is being driven by industry standards.

But I think we still need to hear from Apple. That Iphone has the hearts and minds of many. What video format will it support? I am guessing MPEG-4, which means there has to be some standards work involving next-gen DVD HD DVD.

As I mentioned previously, there should be no conversion required to go from a clip created on ones camera or phone camera to the web presentation format. Those camera displays are just about perfect for web page presentation.

This gives Adobe, with photo shop, a huge lead over Microsoft. I just do not see Microsoft even in the same market space. Adobe is already a partner with the camera makers. They can just bundle Flash editing tools in with photo shop and have the camera makers distribute both.

Nonetheless, if the story isn't a viable competitor to Flash there is the story of Microsoft writing to FireFox. Thats huge.
Posted by: mighetto   Posted on: 04/16/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Great  StanB | 04/15/07
It's not a new streaming media format  marksashton | 04/15/07
Hey, at least it has a cool name  marksashton | 04/15/07
No Linux Support means no GoldLight!!  madhead@... | 04/16/07
Or GreenLight?  John Zern | 04/16/07
.net Tools  Grayson Peddie | 04/16/07
Message has been deleted.  ITGuy04 | 04/16/07
Finally a reasonable reply  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
Hmmm, this sounds pretty familiar to what spews from your mouth.  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/16/07
watch it Jethro  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
You are just TOO intelligent for me, I guess.  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/16/07
Different target market.  B.O.F.H. | 04/16/07
Thank you for your childish comment.  Grayson Peddie | 04/16/07
What about security ?  BitTwiddler | 04/16/07
But can you shut the player off??  shawkins | 04/16/07
Cool Video Control  DonBurnett | 04/16/07
Browser plugins?  Chad_z | 04/16/07
Hello Wheel  supercharlie | 04/16/07
Yeah, who need competition???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/16/07
You know the saying  voska | 04/16/07
Yeah, So When's The Zune Phone Coming Out?  itanalyst | 04/16/07
Buwahahaha  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/16/07
This is going to be great.  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
MS invented Phoning-home ....  An_Axe_to_Grind | 04/16/07
Well it's very possible  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
Wrong  SquishyParts | 04/17/07
Expression, hmmm, again?  An_Axe_to_Grind | 04/16/07
Do you have any idea what you're talking about?  marksashton | 04/16/07
No, as usual he is clueless. (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/16/07
Microsoft sheds light on Flash rival  Loverock Davidson | 04/16/07
Wow, I never thought I would EVER agree with you!  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/16/07
Cross platform is Very Important  madhead@... | 04/16/07
Yes, there is a version for WPF/E  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/16/07
It works on MacOS and Windows.  B.O.F.H. | 04/16/07
The best user experience is when the user controls the experience  Resuna | 04/16/07
flash sucks..  g_keramidas@... | 04/16/07
What about security?  Resuna | 04/16/07
Waiting For The Silver Block Firefox Plugin  itanalyst | 04/16/07
Nice post  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
ah ah ah very funnt  anacardo | 04/16/07
Microsoft Supporting FireFox  mighetto | 04/16/07
Not so new.  Joel R | 05/03/07
Though I never been too impressed with MS's software,  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/16/07
In some ways, Adobe is even more evil than Microsoft ever was.  Joel R | 05/03/07
MS is looking for a fight  Quebec-french | 04/16/07
flex for me sorry MS  jimk_z | 04/17/07
and the ignorant have spoken  jimk_z | 04/17/07
The problem  SquishyParts | 04/17/07

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