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On 12-03-12 10:32 , Joe Drew wrote:
> On 2012-03-12 3:28 AM, Andreas Gal wrote:
>> There is really no justification to stop our users from using system
>> decoders already on the device, so we will not filter any formats.
> Further to my earlier message: there is exactly as much justification
> stopping our users from using system decoders on mobile as there is on
> desktop.

I see a slight difference in justification, in that 40% of our desktop 
users (Windows XP) don't get an h.264 codec from their system, so 
enabling system codecs on desktop won't help nearly as much of our 
userbase, and will fragment the desktop version of gecko, and make it 
harder for web developers to test their sites.

> If we want to support non-free formats via system codecs, we
> should make that our official plan for Firefox on all platforms. Doing
> so via the back door, which is what I perceive this as, is wrong.

I can see how you would feel that way, but I don't think that we're 
trying to do this via the back door (otherwise Andreas wouldn't have 
posted in a public forum ;).  Regardless, I agree that we should make it 
our official plan on all platforms (or not), if only to keep our 
position consistent.

Later,
Blake.