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How to Embed Video?
November 7, 2009 - 6:44pm
Is it possible to embed Youtube videos (as opposed to a simple link) in the new babble software.
If so, how does one do this?
Nope. You can't.
I was going to say "unfortunately", but actually, there are a number of folks on dial up for whom embedded videos makes it difficult for them to read the thread (takes long to load), so I'm just as happy without it.
Thanks for the info.
I can understand that reasoning. But embedding video is almost ubiquitous in forums around the internet; so I think babble is unnecessarily hobbling itself by disabling it.
A better solution for dial-up users might be for them to disable/not to install the flash plugin that runs video. That way, flash videos do not load or display at all.
I'm on broadband, but I actually use 2 browsers. One (Opera) that has flash disabled for faster loading times, and another (Firefox) with flash. If I find something using Opera I want to view, I open it in Firefox. This setup works very well for me.