In January 2010, YouTube launched an experimental version of the site that used the built-in multimedia capabilities of web browsers supporting the HTML5 standard. This allowed videos to be viewed without requiring Adobe Flash Player or any other plug-in to be installed. The YouTube site had a page that allowed supported browsers to opt into the HTML5 trial. Only browsers that supported HTML5 Video using the H.264 or WebM formats could play the videos, and not all videos on the site were available. COUNT 4
QSN1 In 2010 youtube launched a version of its site that ran on what standard? ANS1 HTML5 QSN2 What was the main benefit from the switch to HTML5? ANS2 allowed videos to be viewed without requiring Adobe Flash Player QSN3 How did users opt into the trial version of youtube's HTML5 site? ANS3 a page QSN4 What format besides H.264 was playable with HTML5? ANS4 WebM