The lack of Flash on mobile devices can be a bummer for some, but the video streaming site Vimeo hopes to solve this on their end. Vimeo is the latest video streaming site to test a new HTML5 video player that is iOS-friendly. This new "Universal Player," which is set to be released later today, will allow viewers to watch video on their devices natively.
However, if you're not an iPhone user and you're using, say, an Android device capable of Flash, you'll only have access to the regular version of the site.
Like YouTube, Vimeo offers embedding video onto any site. Almost all embeds are written in Flash, however, leaving iOS users unable to watch videos. That's why YouTube is currently working on bridging this gap with a new embedding format that could switch the video playback from Flash to HTML5 depending on the platform you're using.
Until that time comes, Vimeo has announced a new "Watch Later" feature that will allow you to bookmark a video for watching later on your computer or TV that has a Roku set top box.
via MobileBeat
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