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While the theora format is very attractive, there is a technical problem: It is only a codec.
It is not a multi-platform browser plugin that can easily play theora encoded videos. Not,
that is, without there being extra steps, such as codec installations, etc.

This is, IMO, the heart of the problem. As far as I can tell, there is a deliberate effort to
prevent native browser support for a freely available video format, such as Theora. Recall the
HTML 5 controversy over the video tag. As wikipedia recalls, the opponents to theora were
Apple and Nokia.

I would like to see Firefox come with native support for the Ogg and Theora codecs, and their
associated container formats. It would at least offer an alternative to Flash. Perhaps this
will happen, see: http://www.broken-links.com/2007/05/29/mozilla-gets-nativ...