HTML5 Flash Warning Fix for YouTube
Consumer and social
video streaming browser extension
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Execution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Works for videos that the HTML5 trial does not fix
From 2 comments
i can confirm this. i have joined html5 trial but some videos still refuse to work. this extension seems to fix that.
tuananh on HNworks for me!
lukeholder on HN
Objections
Embedding via iframe makes YouTube treat videos as third-party, blocking some playback
From 2 comments
The implementation is just wrong; this extension will prevent the playback of any video that have playback disabled for third-party websites; because using an iframe makes…
jQueryIsAwesome on HN1) Don't call me bro; I am pretty sure we are not relatives. 2) You don't understood what i said; when you change #watch-player for an iframe it wrongly believes you are watching…
jQueryIsAwesome on HN
Does not work for videos with ads or for all videos
From 2 comments
I believe it doesn't work for videos that have ads attached. https://www.youtube.com/html5
afhof on HNThe problem is that it if you (like me) have no Flash installed, it is impossible to play certain videos, unless you switch UA string (i.e. the limitation is artificial).
Yaggo on HN
Quick hack with a flawed implementation
From 2 comments
Forking the project would take more time than starting from scratch; wish is something that needs to be done anyway. And this is a healthy reminder that when you mess with…
jQueryIsAwesome on HNthis was a quick hack
niftylettuce on HN
Requests
Port to Firefox
From 2 comments
Please port this to Firefox! The /only/ time I open up Chrome is to view a Youtube link someone sent me.
afhof on HNThis seems only for Chrome. Any recommendations for Firefox?
Nux on HN
Port to Safari
From 1 comment
How about a Safari extension?
mauricesvay on HN
Questions
What should happen when no HTML5 version exists
From 1 comment
So I like this extension as I prefer html5 videos. But here is a video that either has no html5 version, or for some reason the extension is failing to find it.…
jerrya on HN
Alternatives named
ClickToPlugin for Safari
From 2 comments
The same video works very well on Safari with ClickToPlugin
carlob on HNClickToPlugin works like a charm on Safari (and it removes all video ads as a side effect). I'm not in any way affiliated with the developer of ClickToPlugin, I've just been…
carlob on HN
YouTube HTML5 trial page
From 1 comment
Or just visit http://www.youtube.com/html5 and set your options to html5 all the thing.
lukeholder on HN
HTML5 Video for YouTube Chrome extension
From 1 comment
I made a Chrome extension that might help. It swaps out Youtube's Flash or HTML5 player for the browsers default one.…
chrisrobins on HN