Anne van Kesteren schreef: >> Is there going to be an <audio> element as well? > > Maybe. It's not entirely clear to me how an <audio> element would work > and what it's purpose would be. You do not see a purpose in an <audio> element, but you do see one in <video>? Exactly the same arguments apply, except that video is pretty popular nowadays with Youtube and all, and audio less so. Although there are plenty of Myspace pages with a music player on it. >> Why not <media>, since the principles of video and audio are >> basically the same? > > Some principles are arguably similar (such as having a timeline). > However, video can have things like subtitles, has things like > intrinsic height/width, et cetera. Audio can have lyrics, just to name something. And meta-information (ID3) about the title, artist, composer, and also an image (of the cover of the CD). ~Grauw -- Ushiko-san! Kimi wa doushite, Ushiko-san nan da!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laurens Holst, student, university of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Website: www.grauw.nl. Backbase employee; www.backbase.com.
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