[Bug 5846] Accessing Object Parameters from an Embedded SVG

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5846


Hallvord R. M. Steen <hallvord@opera.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |




--- Comment #6 from Hallvord R. M. Steen <hallvord@opera.com>  2008-07-16 09:39:47 ---
> Is there any evidence showing that people actually _do_ specify
> <param>s for HTML and SVG objects?

No. I looked and I could not find any. However, there is not much authoring
practise on HTML+SVG OBJECTs on the web yet. Points to consider:

 * This issue comes from an author request. An early deployer points out that
the spec has a hole because he fell into it - counts for something, no?

 * While there is no such HTML+SVG usage that I could find, the proposed
feature is very similar to Flash's "flashvars" PARAM. There's precedence for
simplifying "markup -> script inside OBJECT" communication when you consider
<param name="flashvars"> and this is very, very common in real-life usage.

Using postMessage here seems like a lot of overhead and "scaffolding" for a
very simple use case.

> Completeness isn't compelling

I agree with that. I think feature parity with plugin implementation matters
though - including comparing SVG features to Flash features.

I take the liberty of re-opening this again, I hope you find the arguments
compelling enough for another consideration..


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