Honestly, out of all the HTML5 > Flash rhetoric, this probably represents the greatest leap forward when comparing the two. It was really the ability to capture webcam data that made YouTube a success in the beginning. People who look at the YouTube HTML5 player and say, "Flash is dead!" seem to forget this valuable point.
More here: <a href="http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/playing-with-html5-video-and-getusermedia-support/" rel="nofollow">http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/playing-with-html5-video-...</a><p>And the cool "explode your face with HTML5" demo is here: <a href="http://bit.ly/democam" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/democam</a>