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Re: Detailed review of 3.14.9. Media elements

From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:52:08 +0000 (UTC)
To: Mihai Sucan <mihai.sucan@gmail.com>
Cc: public-html <public-html@w3.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0710291951350.7001@hixie.dreamhostps.com>

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Mihai Sucan wrote:
> > 
> > Not really. It's clear that the _user_ should be able to abort 
> > downloads, and indeed he already can. But why would the Web page 
> > author start a download just to cancel it?
> 
> An application should be allowed to stop the download for the same 
> reasons a _user_ should be able to stop downloads.

Why?


> I wouldn't make a distinction between the application and the user 
> regarding 'reasons' for aborting downloads.

Why not?

I don't understand the use case for the feature you are requesting. It 
seems very much to be just a suggestion for "completeness", if you will.

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