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How do I set FF to view HTML5 by default when HTML5 is available?

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Oak Freed
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I am using FF v7.0 on a Mac (10.6.8). I would like to avoid using Adobe software if possible, so I would like to set FF to default to a HTML5 player when HTML5 content is available rather than the Flash player and only use the Flash player when necessary. Thanks! Oak

I am using FF v7.0 on a Mac (10.6.8). I would like to avoid using Adobe software if possible, so I would like to set FF to default to a HTML5 player when HTML5 content is available rather than the Flash player and only use the Flash player when necessary. Thanks! Oak

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cor-el
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Firefox should already do that if the website is using a video tag and has the proper choices for source files in the right order. If the side uses a Flash player exclusively then you can't default to the build-in HTML5 player.

Oak Freed
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Cor-el, Thanks for your helpful reply. Is there a place in FF that I can go to see which video player is in use at a particular time? Thanks again, OakFreed

cor-el
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Not that I know of. You can right-click the player on the web page to see if a specific player is used.

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Cor-el, I will do that. Your help is much appreciated. OakFreed