Re: Public feedback on HTML5 video

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Jeremy Keith <jeremy@adactio.com> wrote:
> Is the absence of the autobuffer attribute an explicit request not to
> pre-buffer?
>
> Currently, the spec doesn't clearly answer that question. It only describes
> what happens when the autobuffer attribute is present; it doesn't describe
> what happens when the autobuffer attribute is not present.
>
> Here is my suggestion for the updated text:
>
> "The autobuffer attribute is a boolean attribute. Its presence hints to the
> user agent that the author believes that the media element will likely be
> used, even though the element does not have an autoplay attribute. Its
> absence hints to the user agent that the author believes that the media
> element might never be used."
>
> This extra sentence ties the absence of the attribute to author intention:
> something that is currently missing.

This sounds like a good change that will clear up any confusion about
the intending meaning of @autobuffer.

~TJ

Received on Monday, 28 December 2009 19:26:26 UTC