[wp-hackers] [GSOC-Proposal] Application prototype

[Mohammad Jangda]

>
> You shouldn't sniff for browser, but you certainly *can* snif for
> capabilities.  I would try to put in code that tests for the ability to
> render HTML5 video. If that's there use HTML5; if not, try Flash.  (anyone
> know a good way to test for HTML5 ?)
>


Pretty easy to check for video tag support:
http://diveintohtml5.org/detect.html#video

Alternatively, here's a link that shows you how to fallback to Flash if
<video> is not supported:
http://henriksjokvist.net/archive/2009/2/using-the-html5-video-tag-with-a-flash-fallback

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Mohammad Jangda
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