Re: Public feedback on HTML5 video

Karl Dubost wrote:
> Le 24 déc. 2009 à 06:47, Lachlan Hunt a écrit :
>> Of course, the browser should be free to ignore the attribute either way.
>
> I understand the full reasoning, except this line.
> What solves "ignore the attribute"? be user experience and/or interoperability?

Reasons for ignoring the attribute would depend on the user's browsing 
environment or preferences.  e.g. Ignoring an author's suggestion to use 
autobuffering on a limited or costly connection, or perhaps ignoring a 
suggestion to not autobuffer based on a user's site preference.

Consider a user that visits a particular site that they visit to 
explicitly watch the the latest video, but the site author has included 
a suggestion to not autobuffer.  The user may set a site specific 
preference in their browser to always autobuffer videos on that 
particular site, so it optimises their own user experience.

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Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software
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Received on Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:27:58 UTC