There hasn't been a single time this year that I loaded a webpage and thought "oh s*it, I need flash to run this"
And now, with Google's new "feature," these websites will lose access to the analytics that might convince them to abandon incompatible technologies since people with incompatible devices won't be accessing their page as often. Thanks, Google!
Maybe Google will be able to sell them the info that they are losing.
Use google analytics or some other tracking. You'll know if your numbers are down. Every web host provides that stuff.
i took flash (and all things Adobe) off my Mac. And of course never had it on my iOS devices. If the website can figure out that they are missing business by using Flash, their days are numbered. Youtube i no longer visit because I would have to use the developer tab to set my browser to Ipad mode to get it to work. Seriously, dont mke the end user work for it -- they wont.
With Google's new "feature", some of these devices will no longer even visit the site, skewing the statistics.
There hasn't been a single time this year that I loaded a webpage and thought "oh s*it, I need flash to run this"
That won't happen until IE shrinks more in marketshare and google figures out how to show ads with its html5 player.
I use Click2Plugin. YouTube videos load in QuickTime Player. It's a huge bonus. No ads, no Flash, less screen real estate, less CPU usage, I can edit and save the video, I have video-specific view history in the "Open Recent" menu item, I can control the playback settings (speed for example), and I can move the playhead back and forth without everything unloading.
If YouTube just completely dropped Flash, I'm sure Flash would go away faster..
That won't happen until IE shrinks more in marketshare and google figures out how to show ads with its html5 player.
It will eventually happen, but not for awhile.
And now, with Google's new "feature," these websites will lose access to the analytics that might convince them to abandon incompatible technologies since people with incompatible devices won't be accessing their page as often. Thanks, Google!
And now, with Google's new "feature," these websites will lose access to the analytics that might convince them to abandon incompatible technologies since people with incompatible devices won't be accessing their page as often. Thanks, Google!
Maybe Google will be able to sell them the info that they are losing.
That won't happen until IE shrinks more in marketshare and google figures out how to show ads with its html5 player.
And now, with Google's new "feature," these websites will lose access to the analytics that might convince them to abandon incompatible technologies since people with incompatible devices won't be accessing their page as often. Thanks, Google!
Maybe Google will be able to sell them the info that they are losing.
You missed the point. Previously, using the trackers that you refer to, a website owner would see the number of incompatible devices that try to visit the site. They could make informed decisions on whether or not to add support.
With Google's new "feature", some of these devices will no longer even visit the site, skewing the statistics.
If YouTube just completely dropped Flash, I'm sure Flash would go away faster..
This.Hey Juli, Some Android devices don't support Flash either. It's not just iPhone users.
If YouTube just completely dropped Flash, I'm sure Flash would go away faster..
You gotta rip the bandage off someday.
With the iPhone (2007), sites got the message that Flash was not ubiquitous. In 2010, they got the clear message that Flash would never be on any mobile devices from Apple. If they haven't figured it out already, I think that getting a message that they are past due in flushing their legacy tech is in order.
I just wish that GOOG would do the same thing for Java-in-the-browser.
Did you read the article? The new feature doesn't stop any of these users from going to the site.
And if less users go to the site from Google search, then the company will surely take notice and will actually be more likely to fix their site.
Many of these companies rely on Google search rankings for their company to sustain their business model. What Google is doing is kicking them in the butt to fix their site or else their rankings will suffer.
tech moves on. This is googles way of saying catch up or get left behind
Nope not at all. Maybe I wasn't very clear with my reply. You can still see if your numbers drop plus see my above comment.
And a lot of other sites...
Modern versions of IE (9 or above) play HTML5 video on YouTube just fine, thank you very much.
Yeah but IE 8 marketshare is still at 22%
I hear a lot of web-developers are recreating their websites in HTML5 in replacement of Java.
This would really help...well...everything.
I believe 9 can run on XP. It's more about corporate and similar usage where they have some policies for this or that and some weird compatibility needs or issues here and there. Once they can move on from that (which, yes, in part would likely also be moving on from XP) that's likely where a lot of the change would come from as well.That will go down as XP use lowers. IE 9 and above will go up.
People were making their websites with Java?
Why/where would Java be needed in relation to YouTube? Do you perhaps mean Flash (instead of Java)?I think I'm relaying it wrong!
Example: Youtube requires java to run videos. In the future I hear it won't.
Does that make sense?
I believe 9 can run on XP. It's more about corporate and similar usage where they have some policies for this or that and some weird compatibility needs or issues here and there. Once they can move on from that (which, yes, in part would likely also be moving on from XP) that's likely where a lot of the change would come from as well.
I think I'm relaying it wrong!
Example: Youtube requires java to run videos. In the future I hear it won't.
Does that make sense?
Bravo, Google Team!
Flash is so annoying.