Sorry, Flash, but it looks like yet another Website is petitioning to join Apple’s “iPad Ready” clique. On Tuesday, MacStories discovered that Facebook is converting its newest videos into HTML5 for easy iPad/iPhone viewing.
Currently, users who wish to show off their video creations on Facebook have two options: embed via YouTube, or upload to Facebook directly. Until now, iPhone and iPad users could only view linked YouTube clips; Facebook video would present the all-too-familiar “Flash Player upgrade required” when tapped.
However, it seems as though Facebook is working to abolish that dreaded banner from its videos. Now, when an iPhone or iPad user taps on a Facebook clip, it launches in full-screen and begins to play.
More: http://www.macworld.com/article/150868/
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Currently, users who wish to show off their video creations on Facebook have two options: embed via YouTube, or upload to Facebook directly. Until now, iPhone and iPad users could only view linked YouTube clips; Facebook video would present the all-too-familiar “Flash Player upgrade required” when tapped.
However, it seems as though Facebook is working to abolish that dreaded banner from its videos. Now, when an iPhone or iPad user taps on a Facebook clip, it launches in full-screen and begins to play.
More: http://www.macworld.com/article/150868/
