- From: Jim Allan <allanj@tsbvi.edu>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:51:52 -0600
- To: "'UAWG list'" <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Not sure this made it to our group. -----Original Message----- From: wai-xtech-request@w3.org [mailto:wai-xtech-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Laura Carlson Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 6:52 AM To: W3C WAI-XTECH; w3c-wai-ua@w3.org Cc: John Foliot; Silvia Pfeiffer Subject: Re: Attn UAAG friends (FW: Public feedback on HTML5 video) John Foliot wrote [1]: > Not sure if anyone from UAAG is following this particular thread, The full thread is on the HTML Working group list at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Dec/thread.html#msg426 > but this point might be of note/interest to you guys. The excerpt is from Silvia Pfeiffer's December 30, 2009 message at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Dec/0487.html > <snipped - in progress> > >>>> 2. it does not allow a user override of a page author's decision, >>>> where the page author actually may not have all the information >> (e.g. >>>> that it's running on a mobile phone or on a low-bandwidth connection >> - >>>> as Laura's example states; or the opposite - that I want to >> autobuffer >>>> everything cause my bandwidth is unlimited) >>> >>> Since the spec allows the UA to ignore the autobuffer attribute, the >> UA is >>> allowed to have a user-settable pref for this, so I believe this is >> already >>> covered. Perhaps a note or something in the spec would help clarify >> this >>> though. >> >> Yeah, I think a recommendation to user agents to have such a >> preference would be good. I am aware that user preferences are not >> part of the HTML5 specification, but it is a good recommendation to >> make. >> >> Cheers, >> Silvia. Best Regards, Laura [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2009Dec/0040.html -- Laura L. Carlson
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