Re: @transcript=URL attribute proposal for issue 194

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Silvia , thanks for the prompt response.
>
> adding ted into mix.
>
> On 15 November 2012 00:14, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> I am actually disappointed that there was never a decision made on issue
>> 194 in the HTML WG. We still have two competing proposals that are almost
>> identical and for which we haven't had feedback from all browsers. I am
>> hesitant to write an extension spec without more input from other potential
>> implementers on which way forward they prefer on this.
>>
>
> Is there a possibility that we (interested parties) can work together to
> merge the 2 proposals? and/or reach out to implementers for feedback?
> which implementers do we need to get feedback from?
>

IIUC Opera, Mozilla, IE haven't said anything about the need for
@transcript and which of the two proposals they would prefer.



> I am, however, considering to write an extension spec on something
>> orthogonal that came up in the process of discussing the @transcript
>> attribute: a <transcript> element in which time-aligned interactive
>> transcripts could be displayed by the browser. I am keen to see that
>> implemented and experimented with for HTML5.1.
>>
>
> Is there anything the taskforce can do to kelp you along with this?
>


I think we had quite a valuable discussion about the needs already and I
have some example sites that use it, so I was going to make a first draft
based on those. It's mostly a matter of making the time to do it.

Silvia.

Received on Friday, 16 November 2012 01:11:22 UTC