I believe that now you can use the HTML5 player on Netflix if you're on OS X or Windows. Linux still can't however.
Now if only I could uninstall flash. One day...
Don't do it. I've been using the non-silverlight Netflix in Safari and it's such a nightmare I switched back. Constantly fails to load content.
Really? I had some issues with the very first release of HTML5 Netflix, but it is pretty solid now.
Might need to look at it again. I used it throughout the last OS X beta and then it still had issues in the first release so I moved away from it.
I wonder why you have issues and I don't. The only new thing I've noticed with Netflix on HTML5 is my battery life has near-doubled.
Comparing HTML5 Netflix playback using Safari on OS X vs Firefox on Windows is not really an apples-to-apples comparison.
Well that`s annoying. At least the newer version of the Silverlight player supports HD, didn't appear to before. That was my main reason for wanting the HTML5 version.
At least you have the option. My girlfriend`s Mac supports the latest version of OSX and Safari but not HTML5 playback.
Safari on Mac OS X uses entirely different code than Firefox on Windows for encrypted media. It's more a limitation of OS X. On Windows, Firefox will download and install the Adobe Media bits to handle DRM video.