Ryan Joy (atxryan)

The WebM project is dedicated to developing a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone. The WebM launch is supported by Mozilla, Opera, Google and more than forty other publishers, software and hardware vendors.

I believe that ultimately Mozilla will need to capitulate on this and support H.264, but I'm appreciative of the fact that they're fighting the good fight.

"Unfortunately, Mozilla's idealism won't mean much to the end user who may soon discover that YouTube videos don't work in their preferred browser. And once they learn that switching browsers solves the problem, the years they spent loyal to Firefox will be forgotten in the need to have functional video."

Mozilla is attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in a single day. They’ve not announced the actual day yet, but you can pledge to download Firefox 3 on Download Day 2008 here. Pledging will also ensure that you’re informed of the date to download and also of the actual [...]