63% of Streaming Web Do Not Require Flash

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/63-percent-of-web-videos-no-longer-require-flash/' target='_blank'>http://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...-require-flash/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"A new study shows that nearly two thirds of all streaming Web video is HTML5 compatible. In other words, Adobe Flash is no longer needed for a majority of Web content."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1299451327.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 75px; margin-right: 75px;" /></p><p>HTML5-compatible video aka H.264 is now comprising more than 60% of the streaming video on the Internet. MeFeedia indexed approximately 30 million videos from over 33,000 sites to come to this conclusion. Amazingly, in less than a year, over 50% of the video out there has dropped Flash as a requirement. I find I don't miss it most of the time on my laptop using Safari, but If there is something I want to see I just switch to Chrome. How about you, do you use Flash or do you find that it isn't that big of a deal not to have it installed on Safari?</p>

[Brad Adrian]

Just a cautionary note:

Notice that the study refers to indexed video files and does NOT necessarily reflect actual traffic. I'd bet that closer to 80% of the actual streaming traffic requires Flash, due to the presence of a few very high-volume Flash-dependent sites.

[Phronetix]

I find I don't miss it most of the time on my laptop using Safari, but If there is something I want to see I just switch to Chrome.

I'm confused.

Why don't you just install it on Safari? What am I missing?

[kansat]

I find the inability to view so many sites using my iPad to be a major inconvenience. Such that I prefer to walk past it and put off 'looking that up' until I sit down with my laptop.
I won't be upgrading any time soon, I'd also like to wait and see how the WePad performs.