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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12141 --- Comment #5 from John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> 2011-02-22 19:31:28 UTC --- (In reply to comment #3) > I am not sure I agree completely. The example given is a clear case, but what > if (hypothetically) the UA knows it is audio-only (e.g. for a non-sighted user) > and there are sign-language tracks? Why offer them to the end-user at all? > > Some kind of UA discretion should still be allowed. How would the UA know whether a non-sighted user would want access to the sign-language tracks or not? I feel it is a slippery slope when we presume to know what any given user 'wants'. If UA's wish to offer a filtering mechanism, then that is a feature of that UA - however the default should still be as suggested and filtering be a user-option. (I've long adhered to the axiom 'author proposes, user disposes'.) -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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