Re: HTML 5

I've retired from teaching IBM mainframe topics.

Well, I've retired.

Well, I'm casting about for things to do.

And I've settled on a couple of directions, that inter-relate:

* Set up a company that builds websites for groups
   going on trips: the Global Travel Factory, LLC:

     http://www.globaltravelfactory.com/

* Developing course materials to teach people how to
   code HTML / CSS / JavaScript

   from scratch

   using Notepad and no other tools

   Yikes! Fool!


Since I had a course like this for IBM mainframe users
I figured this would be a snap. And it is, mostly.


But I'm trying to make this course totally HTML 5 and
related levels of CSS and JavaScript and I'm hitting a
wall of understanding here.


The biggest problem is: why use EMBED vs OBJECT? And I
have a few reasons in my materials. But I would like
some real world examples, especially for OBJECT using
PARAM.

Since most UAs are moving away from Flash, Quicktime,
and Java applets, I can't find much rationale.


I can use EMBED or OBJECT to include a .pdf document and
another HTML page, that's cool.

I can use either of these to display images (but IMG
would be better); I can use either of these to play .mp3
and ogg, and to show .mp4, .ogv, and .webm

(a few browsers don't play well there - mostly Edge).


But of course, for the audio and video formats it's better
to use the AUDIO and VIDEO elements.


Yesterday I got YouTube videos included using both EMBED
and OBJECT. These are basically just links, however.


So .pdf and .html are the only examples I've come up with
to use EMBED and OBJECT at all, and neither of those need
PARAM for the OBJECT element.


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* Ah this helps me to think out loud. I guess this boils *
* down to: is there any real world example, in today's   *
* world without Flash, Quicktime, and Java applets, for  *
* using OBJECT with PARAM?                               *
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Thanks for any insights you can share.

Kind regards,

-Steve Comstock

Received on Friday, 22 April 2016 13:16:38 UTC