YouTube Launches Limited HTML5 Support

Hopefully, this is the opening salvo in what will mean the end of plug-in driven sites using Flash and Silverlight. Flash leaks memory like a colander and Silverlight is just another means for Microsoft to try to turn the web into its own proprietary playground.

ENOUGH!!!

I signed up for the beta and I hope you will to. Mark your vote for open standards and being forced to install plugins to view content (especially government-created content, the ultimate slap in the face, kick in the groin, punch in the gut insult to taxpayers).