If web browsers are multimedia programs, why don't they have multimedia controls?
by hedron from LinuxQuestions.org on (#59WHH)
It seems like the web browser interface is still stuck in the 1990s when it was essentially a plain text html interpreter, with some javascript tacked on. Then they added plugin fuctionality to allow external programs to play video or audio, flash or whatever. Today these things are seamless. At least, seemingly.
With a media player, like VLC, I can choose what audio device or video output to use. But for some reason, you cannot readily do these things with your average browser. Extensios are nice, and I don't think those should be axed, but media is a pretty core component of how people have been using web browsers since even before youtube existed. But web browsers have yet to evolve.
I imagined things would be slightly different before myspace and youtube. Winamp had video streaming functionality and a selection of "channels" that I watched and I had assumed that internet media would evolve that way. But I was wrong, youtube came but browsers stayed the same.
With a media player, like VLC, I can choose what audio device or video output to use. But for some reason, you cannot readily do these things with your average browser. Extensios are nice, and I don't think those should be axed, but media is a pretty core component of how people have been using web browsers since even before youtube existed. But web browsers have yet to evolve.
I imagined things would be slightly different before myspace and youtube. Winamp had video streaming functionality and a selection of "channels" that I watched and I had assumed that internet media would evolve that way. But I was wrong, youtube came but browsers stayed the same.