[whatwg] Some <video> questions

[Charles]

Darin,

>> Are Adobe/Microsoft going to be update their Flash/Silverlight  
>> browser plug-ins in order to be first-class <video> handlers
>
> Why would they? Those aren't video plug-ins. They're general
> purpose applet plug-ins.

That's a false distinction.  QuickTime is capable of far more than simply
non-interactive video/audio playback.

http://books.google.com/books?id=YeQVZ9WbmHgC

What distinguishes whether something is video or not is the content.

-- Charles