[FM Discuss] Fwd: [Consortium] Outrageous disaster: Ogg/Vorbis spec taken out of HTML-5

[adam hyde]

On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 02:59 -0800, Mick Fuzz wrote:
> hi there, 
> 
> i'm going to work on a creating ogg manual this
> morning after this news... 
> 
> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/11/1339251


interesting...there is a start to a manual already in place...
http://en.flossmanuals.net/theoracookbook

the backend being here:
http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/TheoraCookbook/WebHome

Any ideas what chapters you want to add Mick? I can also give a hand.

adam



> 
> mick
> --- Ralph Giles <giles at xiph.org> wrote:
> 
> > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:10:57 -0800
> > From: Ralph Giles <giles at xiph.org>
> 
> > 
> > Note that flaming on the what-wg list is no longer
> > an effective way to 
> > take action. There are people working on that issue,
> > but I think outrage 
> > has been effectively expressed at this point.
> > 
> > Things you can do which will absolutely help:
> > 
> > * Get more Ogg/Vorbis/Theora content out there on
> > the web. The bigger 
> > the pool of media in free formats and the more
> > communities relying on 
> > it, the more attractive it will be for everyone to
> > implement.
> > 
> > * Improve support in the tools you use. Either
> > directly if you're a 
> > writer, designer or coder, or by supporting and
> > commissioning such work 
> > within your communities whenever you can. It could
> > be a lot easier to 
> > work with free formats, and we all need your help.
> > 
> > * Educate your peers about free formats, and what
> > kind of world they're 
> > creating if they're using encumbered formats. I
> > might not cost them 
> > now, but it will cost everybody in the long run. Get
> > them doing the 
> > right thing.
> > 
> > * Agitate with sites you visit to provide content in
> > unencumbered 
> > formats, if only as an alternate. Point them at
> > engagemedia's excellent 
> > "FOSS Codecs for Online Video" paper for technical
> > advice, or help them 
> > out yourself.
> > 
> > * Try out the Firefox and Opera builds with native
> > Ogg support. Report 
> > bugs. If you're a web developer, play with the new
> > support, and build on 
> > the work projects like metavid.org and wikimedia
> > have done to make using 
> > free formats on the web as slick and easy as
> > possible. Push the state of 
> > the art.
> > 
> > In other words, lead by example. Quiet actions move
> > mountains.
> > 
> > For the win,
> >  -r
> > 
> > --
> > Ralph Giles
> > Xiph.org Foundation
> > 
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> 
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