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joeybaker on March 12, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Firefox will support H264 and MP3 decoding with OS...

If there's a workable solution for supporting codecs in gecko via a system license, why not use the same method on the desktop? Why fragment the engine?

wahnfrieden on March 12, 2012 [–]

Because Firefox Mobile is some bullshit if it can't play any video content (it doesn't support Flash.)

starwed on March 12, 2012 | [–]

The nightly builds of Firefox Mobile have supported flash for some time now.

wahnfrieden on March 12, 2012 | | [–]

You're right, thanks.

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