Google is one of the biggest supporters of a collection of Web technology that reproduces many important features of the Adobe Systems Flash. In fact, today HTML 5 is threatening the era of Flash.

One of the most important parts of the standard HTML5 is support for video that can be built directly into web pages without the need for a plug-ins such as Flash Player. Other open standards such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to format Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), and Web Open Font Format (WOFF) for typography can mimic the features of Flash, but the ability to provide streaming Flash video to some of the browser is one of the main reasons for Flash has a strong position.

“While the HTML5 video support enables us to bring most of the content and features from YouTube to computer and other devices that do not support Flash Player, it has not met all our needs,” said John Harding Programmer YouTube in posts on his blog, quoted by Cnet, Friday (02/07/2010).

“Today, Adobe Flash provides the best platform for video distribution needs of YouTube, which is why our primary video player built with it,” he added.

Google actually start showing some YouTube videos with HTML5 in January, but the program is still experimental.

Adobe Flash is working hard to keep relevant despite the threat of Web technologies and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, Apple’s disparaging about Flash. Moreover, they started spreading the Flash version of Mobile, with its first Android as a platform.