Is there any way to watch videos on Facebook without using Flash?
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As of this writing Facebook supports HTML5 video but is still using Flash for Safari browsers. Why? Who knows. (source)
Works fine without Flash if you're using Firefox or Chrome. For now replacing the "www" with "m" in the video URL as described by Hjulle is the only workaround in Safari unless...
All you need is a web browser that supports both the video tag in HTML5 and either the h.264 video codec or the WebM format (with VP8 codec). These include:
You will have to install a different chat system - like Skype or Google Chat. This does mean that all your friends will have to install this chat system too, which is something they might not be willing to do if you are their only friend using this system.
Best Answer
As of this writing Facebook supports HTML5 video but is still using Flash for Safari browsers. Why? Who knows. (source)
Works fine without Flash if you're using Firefox or Chrome. For now replacing the "www" with "m" in the video URL as described by Hjulle is the only workaround in Safari unless...
If you enable the Develop menu in Safari (Advanced Preferences), you can change your User Agent and see how Facebook skips Flash. (Fool Safari into playing videos without the Flash plugin).
Best option with Develop menu in Safari is to choose an iPad User Agent.