YouTube, HTML5 and the new intriguing Video Page

George T — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:37:07 +0000

In case you live in another planet than Earth, YouTube is experimenting with some changes that will shape the future of the way we experience on-line video. First and foremost, HTML5.

-”Just hold on a minute..”, you might say. “Isn’t that the new..?”
-Yes, it is.
-”But is this backwards compatible with my old-dusty-and-almost-gone-forever Internet Explorer 6?”

Nop, is the answer. Well, the truth is YouTube hasn’t switched over using the new tag of HTML5 permanently, but you can have a sneak peek on what YouTube would look like riding the Horse 5 (==HTML5). You can opt in by visiting youtube.com/html5. You should give it a try.

Apart from that, YouTube is trying out an experimental re-design of the Video Page, which, in my opinion, was about time! Take a look at this example over here. How does it feel?

P.S. Check out this HTML5 Canvas Experiment by Sebastian Deutsch.

Qik is now available for iPhone 3GS

George T — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:32:40 +0000

At last! Qik for iPhone 3GS is now available for free. Moreover this version is slightly different. It allows you to pull videos right from your iPhone 3GS Camera Roll and upload them to your Qik account. Qik is the only iPhone 3GS app to let you share videos from your camera roll straight to your blog, website, Facebook, YouTube, and all the other networks Qik integrates with.

So what are you waiting for? Qikly go get it! :)

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YouTube, HTML5 and the new intriguing Video Page

Qik is now available for iPhone 3GS