Re: Public feedback on HTML5 video

I had written:

>> 1. Do whatever the browser thinks best. [no autobuffer attribute]
>> 2. Please autobuffer. [autobuffer="on"]
>> 3. Please *don't* autobuffer. [autobuffer="off"]

Philip replied:

> I do not support making this distinction, because as an implementor I cannot
> act any differently in case 1 and 3. Any browser that has gone to the effort
> of being conservative with network resources will want that behavior even if
> autobuffer="off" is given. Unless there is some browser vendor who can see
> themselves acting differently in case 1 and 3, this just adds a bit of
> complexity and the illusion of control on part of the author where there is
> in fact none.

Ahh, OK. That makes sense. So we collapse 1 and 3 together and arrive at:

1. Do whatever the browser thinks best, which is likely to be
   conservative insofar as network usage is concerned [no autobuffer attr]

2. Please autobuffer. [autobuffer attribute present]

…which is the status quo. Sounds good to me.


Ted

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