I stand corrected. But that still doesn't address the need for a mute button on browsers.

Sound is *already* handled by the browser, but right now, you're pretty much at the mercy of the script/app/flash coder.

It's Javascript making sounds.

That's what I said. More or less. Less.

Still... Not a button!

...I will avenge you!

I simply can't believe we've come this far and we STILL don't have a mute button as a standard item on web browsers. By Lucifer's beard!

Yeah, that's what I like, meant, and junk.

That sucks di.... Yeah, what he said.

Which is Flash and H.264, for the time being.

Oh, thank god. I thought for a panicky second I knew what was going on.

Yes, I meant Theora - I *am* thick.

So, it's impossible to develop a video codec now, even from scratch, without infringing on patents?

Indeed I did mean Theora, thank you.

I think I heard somewhere that the compression with Theora isn't as good as H.264, which may not mean much to lowly us, but to YouTube it translates to massive amounts of bandwidth required per day above and beyond H.264. Best thing to do, really would be to use H.264 until the day before they start charging for it, then release your own open video format on the day. Well, maybe not the *best* thing to do, but it would be dramatic!

I see. Thank you for disabusing me of my notions, Anonymous hero! So I guess it's time to restart from scratch?