OSX Yosemite, Apple's new commitment to operating systems for Mac computers, a risky bet in a way since it will be the convergence (in several respects) of the operating system for Apple mobile devices (iOS) and the counterpart for Mac computers (OSX). Risky or not, I think it is the logical way to follow since today we live in a multi-screen and multi-device world, no one uses only one device but what is necessary is to be able to combine all of them.
An OSX Yosemite whose main novelty is the convergence that I just told you about, but that little by little is revealing new features and new functions. There is still much to discover, We have only been able to see the first beta of the operating system of all those that are to arrive until its launch next fall. Today we bring you a news related to OSX Yosemite, Safari, and Netflix (the most popular streaming video service in the world), a service that worked under Microsoft Silverlight technology and that now it is passed to the HTML5 standard.
It seems like Apple wants to eliminate competition from its own operating systems, and therefore it may have facilitated the arrival of HTML5 to Netflix developers. Remember that Silverlight, the technology they used until now, was a 'plugin' that allowed Safari to play Netflix content.
With HTML5 Netflix ensures that it will consume much less system battery, processing resources, and even have lower RAM consumption. In fact we have already seen others like Youtube leave Flash to switch to HTML5, as the latter is a much more efficient and stable technology.
As they say, in addition with HTML5 we can have up to 2 more hours of playback with battery. Yes, this novelty only possible through OSX Yosemite so it will be time to wait or fiddle with the beta versions ...
What is more efficient and stable will depend on the implementation. The good thing about HTML5 is that it is a standard that manufacturers can implement. Flash, Silverlight, JavaFX or similar, are third-party plugins that do not follow any standard, therefore, if you do something with flash, you need the flash plugin, the same with silverlight or javafx.
If you do something with HTML5, it will work in any browser that implements it, the performance will already depend on the codecs, which unfortunately are not standard at the moment.