It seems to me the answer here is for HTML 5's video element to gain traction. Then we can get the codec and interface out of the walled garden of whatever Flas

It seems to me the answer here is for HTML 5's video element to gain traction. Then we can get the codec and interface out of the walled garden of whatever Flash video player sites have crafted, and put the control back in the browser. If Safari wants to offer the option to pop-out a player window, it can.