HTML5: video on a web page

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Using HTML5 in order to display a video on a web page is easy and complex at the same time.
You might wonder why I'm saying so and that's why I wrote the following short guide. We will see the syntax, advantages and disadvantages of using just HTML5 to display videos.



The syntax
Let's start from the HTML syntax:

<video width="800px" height="600px" controls="controls">
  <source src="test1.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  <source src="test2.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the HTML5 video tag.
</video>

Fairly easy, isn't it? Well, maybe not...

jQuery: embedding videos

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Ever wanted to embed a video in your blog or web site? I must admit I don't really like videos on web sites, however I understand that some sites heavily rely on videos. Usually when I open a home page, the presence of multiple videos - starting automatically - makes me go away. But, I do appreciate if an internal page offers the possibility of viewing a short video or animation... on demand.

Anyway, if you need to embed videos in your pages, here is a list of jQuery plugins that might be of some help.

Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ)

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Today, I would like to share this great video from a guy - Andy. What's great in it? In ten (10!) minutes you can see the upgrade of every version of Microsoft Windows. What you will see is pretty amazing. Starting from MS Dos 5.00, Andy upgraded to Windows 1.01, 2.1, 3.0, Windows 95, 98, 2000 and then Windows XP, Vista and finally Windows 7.