Google statement on the refusal of support for H.264 was seen by many with hostility. Few people now is how popular and prevalent on the Internet WebM may be in the near future.
On this will depend on how often users will suffer a disadvantage when trying to view video on any site.
It seems that Google really going to promote her new video format, and therefore want to soon add support in Safari and Internet Explorer 9.
That is, users of these programs were in limbo following the recent statements of the company, because the browsers Apple and Microsoft have not yet been scheduled and no support WebM.
Google programmers are now working on an extension, which adds support WebM in IE9 and Safari, and thus all the popular browsers will be able to work with the new standard for video.
Recall that for all the benefits of H.264, and hides his head hidden drawback - the need for paying royalties for the use.
Next few years, the codec will remain free, but then, developers using it in their programs will likely have to pay certain sums for the use of patent technologies. That is why in Firefox and Opera in the first place abandoned H.264.
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