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Facebook Adds HTML5 Video
Published 2010-10-12. This post describes an earlier Video.js version (1 through 8); its APIs do not apply to Video.js 10.
Among other new HTML5 features, Facebook has an HTML5 video player for playback on the iPhone and iPad. They say that on other mobile browsers, Flash outperformed the HTML5 implementation. That’s a little discouraging to hear, but HTML5 video is still young.
In contrast, check out this video of HTML5 vs. Flash on a Mac. Spoiler: HTML5 wins.