We're actually helping advance HTML5 in some very concrete ways, such as Edge, which is in beta.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think HTML5 is one area where Mozilla has done very poorly at actually communicating what we have done.
It's not about HTML 5 vs Flash. They're mutually beneficial. The more important question is the freedom of choice on the web.
Flash and HTML have co-existed, and they're going to continue to co-exist.
If someone had protected the HTML language for making Web pages, then we wouldn't have the World Wide Web.
I think we're proving ourselves as we go along. The past several months our strategy has been evolutionary - making maximum advantage of our client browser, as well as our enterprise software for people who want to build Web sites.
In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it.
I fix things now and then, more often tweak HTML and make scripts to do things.
Writing old school HTML code was never very much fun but now it's getting downright tedious for most people.
The productivity and expressiveness of Flash remain advantages for the Web community even as HTML advances.
The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5.