HTML5 and video in email. We’ve revisited our results: For the latest on video support in email, view our blog post. As momentum quickly builds behind HTML5, the new version of HTML and XHTML, we’ve had a close eye on what impact this might have on HTML email in the years to come. While the finer details of HTML5 are still being finalised, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera have offered support for much of the new technology for some time. One particular area of interest to me was the HTML5 <video> tag. The aim of this tag was to provide native video support using a single codec across all browsers without the need for third party plugins like Flash.
HTML5 video in email: An update on client support for 2011. Last week, there was a whole lotta shakin’ in regards to Hotmail introducing partial support for HTML5 video in email.
While the results weren’t promising, it soon became pretty clear Hotmail wasn’t the only client that had undergone changes since we published our popular ‘Video in email’ feature in 2009. So, I figured it was high time that we refreshed our results and provided some recommendations for good measure.