&gt; Not that long ago, Mozilla tried to challenge H.264 on the Web.<p>Ahh, hubris. They thought they could force the industry&#x27;s hand with their market share... which was already starting to decline. By focusing on H.264 (and promoting <i>Theora</i>!), they succeeded in keeping Flash around as websites decided letting Firefox users stay with flash was easier and cheaper than listening to Mozilla&#x27;s demands regarding &lt;video&gt;. Sometimes I hate bring right[1]...<p>What they should have done is <i>dodge</i> the problem by leaving the question of codec to the OS. Instead, Mozilla decided to drive users away. Which was also the obvious end result[2].<p>I understand (and support) making ideological decisions, but it&#x27;s also important to pick you battles.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;yro.slashdot.org&#x2F;comments.pl?sid=1597850&amp;cid=31643970" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;yro.slashdot.org&#x2F;comments.pl?sid=1597850&amp;cid=31643970</a> (&quot;Endymion&quot;&#x2F;UID=12815 on &#x2F;. is me)<p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;yro.slashdot.org&#x2F;comments.pl?sid=1597850&amp;cid=31644218" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;yro.slashdot.org&#x2F;comments.pl?sid=1597850&amp;cid=31644218</a>