Google Chrome and accelerated HTML5?

[Rainmaker]

I've used Firefox since forever (well, since I switched from Opera in 1999 or so). However, recently I've been using Google Chrome, ironically because I got a Mac... I liked Safari a lot once I got the hang of it but Chrome still uses WebKit, was cross-platform, included sync and is more open. Win?

The only thing I've found it lacking compared to Firefox is accelerated HTML5. This means the MBP heats up and the fans kick in when I'm watching HTML5 video, whereas on Safari it doesn't because that does have acceleration.

Is this purely because Apple haven't opened up the means for Google to include it? I'd imagine not seeing as Firefox is capable. Will Chrome ever add this feature? I love how sleek and fast it is, and although I can still use Safari I'd prefer not to purely due to sync.

I'll be quite honest I'm a bit of a browser whore lately. I love Chrome for its pure speed with JS and loading pages; Firefox for... well being Firefox... and Opera for all its features and it's nice UI. Chrome wins out atm though, so I need accelerated HTML5 damnit!

I've enabled GPU acceleration in about:flags, but that only seems to apply to rendering actual pages.

TIA.

 

[VaderDSL]

Apologies I'm probably way off the mark, but is Chrome using Flash?

I use Safari for my normal browsing, but because I refuse to install Flash for things like certain youtube/sites I run Chrome as it has the flash plugin built in.

Could it be that Chrome is using the Flash plugin rather than HTML5?

Like I say I'm probably way off the mark.

 

[Rainmaker]

I use Labs for Youtube which gives HTML5 output instead of Flash where possible, and a lot of other sites use HTML5 too. I could use Flash, but that runs hot and is buggy as hell anyway so nothing to gain really.

 

[VaderDSL]

Fair enough like I said it was a shot in the dark