I seem to recall the Linux plugin used to ramp up the CPU load. Which wasn’t so much of an issue on desktops but was extremely annoying on laptops where battery

I seem to recall the Linux plugin used to ramp up the CPU load. Which wasn’t so much of an issue on desktops but was extremely annoying on laptops where battery life was dependent on heavy CPU throttling and most laptop fans spinning up sounded like jet engines. As for the early days of web video, I think half the problem was that nobody could agree on what video format to support. Some wanted patented formats while others (namely Firefox) wanted open source formats. I’m not sure what the end outcome was of all that but it does feel a resolution has at least now been found.