WebM support
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Will Trisquel 4.0 have support for the new WebM codec being implemented on YouTube? I personally have no problem installing more up-to-date browsers manually, but I would like to see the free software movement succeed, and I am concerned that if there is no support for WebM in an LTS release, the majority will be less likely to adopt Trisquel over Ubuntu or other distros.
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Does FF 3.6 support WebM? If so, Trisquel 4.0 will, too.
No, WebM was only announced after the release of Firefox 3.6.3. The Firefox 4.0 alpha has WebM support, though; I wonder how feasible it might be to merge the WebM decoder from the Firefox alpha into Trisquel's abrowser?
I'm still a novice programmer, but if it is feasible and something that wouldn't be difficult to implement, I would gladly help to get WebM into Trisquel.
It might be worth not waiting for FF 4.0 to first be released, than a few months later shipped with ubuntu, that a few months shipped with Trisquel. Since we are dependant on Swfdec/Gnash for most videos and Youtube is in the process of converting all their catalogue to WebM. It just might be worth patching WebBrowser (or FFMPEG/GStreamer) to add WebM support.
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