Vimeo proclaimed its migration to the HTML 5, although not all browsers are not compatible and that some functions are missing.

While Google has just declared on his blog that extends the testing phase of the HTML tag <video> 5 around its platform YouTube, Vimeo - other streaming video site - has proclaimed the integration of this technology. Therefore, all compatible video portal will display a new button labeled "Switch to HTML 5 player, opening the new drive.Without caching, the video starts immediately in this new mode.

Of course, not all browsers are not compatible with HTML 5 and the team Vimeo indicated that it works now for about one in four Internet users. Comaptibles include Google Chrome, Apple Safari or Internet Explorer, but only with the plugin installed Chrome Frame. If Firefox now manages the tag <video> HTML 5, the encoding format of Vimeo (H.264) is likewise not compatible.

Other browsers limitations prevent the full screen function, and it is not possible to export video in that format. In the short term, the supremacy of Flash Player is not yet really threatened...

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