# Youtube fullscreen isn't

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-fullscreen-isnt/635829>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 25, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-fullscreen-isnt/635829 "2012-09-25T22:52:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-fullscreen-isnt/635829/1 "2012-09-25T22:52:06Z")

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One thing I’ve noticed on Youtube- Flash videos expand to fill the entire screen, but HTML5 videos only expand to the content area of the browser (I use the lasters IE and see no reason try anything else) the taskbars on both the bottom and top of the screen are still visable. Anyone else noticed this, is Google aware of the problem or don’t they see it as a problem, and is anyone working on a solution?

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**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-fullscreen-isnt/635829/2 "2012-09-25T22:56:28Z")

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Only some browsers support fullscreen html5 video. [IE doesn’t](http://www.longtailvideo.com/html5/fullscreen).

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**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-fullscreen-isnt/635829/3 "2012-09-25T23:32:59Z")

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I keep multiple browsers, just because YouTube works a bit better on Chrome, and Hulu works a bit better on IE.

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-fullscreen-isnt/635829/4 "2012-09-26T01:11:34Z")

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I just use Firefox and haven’t noticed any problems.

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**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-fullscreen-isnt/635829/5 "2012-09-26T01:23:47Z")

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So can I blame Apple for breaking YouTube on my computer. Or is there more to the switch from flash to HTML5.5 than Apples refusal to allow Flash on their devices. Or should I blame Microsoft for not updating their browser to display something virtually everyone wants.