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"YouTube has just revealed that it is rolling out a new video player that supports HTML5, one that can be accessed via YouTube's TestTube idea incubator.\nIn an announcement earlier today, the Google-owned online video service stated that an HTML5-compatible player was the number-one request of its users.  HTML5 is the upcoming new standard for the markup language behind most web pages, one that supports video, audio, drag-and-drop, canvas drawing, and many other new features and APIs.\nSince HTML5 supports video embeds, YouTube has rolled out a version of its player that runs just on it.  No browser plugins (e.g. Flash) are required to watch videos that support HTML5.\nThere are limitations, though.  It doesn't work with videos that have advertising, captions or annotations.  It also only works with HTML5-compatible browsers, meaning Chrome or Safari (or Chrome Frame for IE if you so choose).\nYou can take a look at a demo of the new HTML5 player here.  As you can probably tell, it could use some more work, but YouTube promises to improve the interface over time.  \nWe think this is a step in the right direction.  While we don't think Google should just switch over to HTML5 (Flash just allows for more functionality), we do think user should have the option.\n\n[Source: YouTube]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://mashable.com/2010/01/20/youtube-html5/>