
HTML5 vs Flash
Today most of the browsers use a flash plugin to play the videos. This works pretty well but Flash, unfortunately, requires a lot of computing power. This would be an issue if the system has a low-end configuration Hence the new web standard HTML5 is trying to change that.HTML5 has been designed with audio and video codecs which take less processing power its equivalent Flash player which rules the browsers audio and video plugin. As with most new technologies, things are not always clearcut.HTML5 is the largest ever opensource project undertaken by W3C. Hence we can expect some terrific improvements in processing efficiency from HTML5, it should not be assumed that it will completely replace Flash or even have a critical impact, especially on rich web content. Flash still has many advantages such as.



