- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:49:44 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv8983 Modified Files: Overview.html Log Message: Discourage use of 'autoplay'. (credit: jf) (whatwg r3344) Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.2482 retrieving revision 1.2483 diff -u -d -r1.2482 -r1.2483 --- Overview.html 1 Jul 2009 01:43:48 -0000 1.2482 +++ Overview.html 1 Jul 2009 01:49:41 -0000 1.2483 @@ -18585,7 +18585,12 @@ user agent <span class="impl">(as described in the algorithm described herein)</span> will automatically begin playback of the <a href="#media-resource">media resource</a> as soon as it can do so without - stopping.<div class="impl"> + stopping.<p class="note">Authors are urged to use the <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code> attribute rather than + using script to trigger automatic playback, as this allows the user + to override the automatic playback when it is not desired, e.g. when + using a screen reader. Authors are also encouraged to consider not + using the automatic playback behavior at all, and instead to let the + user agent wait for the user to start playback explicitly.<div class="impl"> <p>The <dfn id="dom-media-autoplay" title="dom-media-autoplay"><code>autoplay</code></dfn> DOM attribute must <a href="#reflect">reflect</a> the content attribute of the @@ -65546,6 +65551,7 @@ John Bussjaeger, John Carpenter, John Fallows, + John Foliot, John Harding, John Keiser, John-Mark Bell,
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