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--- Overview.html	25 Feb 2010 06:29:32 -0000	1.3859
+++ Overview.html	25 Feb 2010 09:15:28 -0000	1.3860
@@ -12416,7 +12416,7 @@
 <H1>The Ramblings of a Scientist</H1>
 <ARTICLE>
  <H1>Episode 15</H1>
- <VIDEO SRC="/fm/015.ogv" CONTROLS AUTOBUFFER>
+ <VIDEO SRC="/fm/015.ogv" CONTROLS PRELOAD>
   <P><A HREF="/fm/015.ogv">Download video</A>.</P>
  </VIDEO>
  <FOOTER> <!-- footer for article -->
@@ -18530,7 +18530,7 @@
    <dd><a href="#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
    <dd><code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code></dd>
    <dd><code title="attr-video-poster"><a href="#attr-video-poster">poster</a></code></dd>
-   <dd><code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a></code></dd>
+   <dd><code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code></dd>
    <dd><code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code></dd>
    <dd><code title="attr-media-loop"><a href="#attr-media-loop">loop</a></code></dd>
    <dd><code title="attr-media-controls"><a href="#attr-media-controls">controls</a></code></dd>
@@ -18560,7 +18560,7 @@
   subtitle tracks, audio description tracks, or sign-language
   overlays) into their media streams.<p>The <code><a href="#video">video</a></code> element is a <a href="#media-element">media element</a>
   whose <a href="#media-data">media data</a> is ostensibly video data, possibly
-  with associated audio data.<p>The <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-loop"><a href="#attr-media-loop">loop</a></code>, and <code title="attr-media-controls"><a href="#attr-media-controls">controls</a></code> attributes are <a href="#media-element-attributes" title="media element attributes">the attributes common to all media
+  with associated audio data.<p>The <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-loop"><a href="#attr-media-loop">loop</a></code>, and <code title="attr-media-controls"><a href="#attr-media-controls">controls</a></code> attributes are <a href="#media-element-attributes" title="media element attributes">the attributes common to all media
   elements</a>.<p>The <dfn id="attr-video-poster" title="attr-video-poster"><code>poster</code></dfn>
   attribute gives the address of an image file that the user agent can
   show while no video data is available. The attribute, if present,
@@ -18784,7 +18784,7 @@
    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
    <dd><a href="#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
    <dd><code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code></dd>
-   <dd><code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a></code></dd>
+   <dd><code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code></dd>
    <dd><code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code></dd>
    <dd><code title="attr-media-loop"><a href="#attr-media-loop">loop</a></code></dd>
    <dd><code title="attr-media-controls"><a href="#attr-media-controls">controls</a></code></dd>
@@ -18821,7 +18821,7 @@
   authors are expected to provide alternative media streams and/or to
   embed accessibility aids (such as transcriptions) into their media
   streams.<p>The <code><a href="#audio">audio</a></code> element is a <a href="#media-element">media element</a>
-  whose <a href="#media-data">media data</a> is ostensibly audio data.<p>The <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-loop"><a href="#attr-media-loop">loop</a></code>, and <code title="attr-media-controls"><a href="#attr-media-controls">controls</a></code> attributes are <a href="#media-element-attributes" title="media element attributes">the attributes common to all media
+  whose <a href="#media-data">media data</a> is ostensibly audio data.<p>The <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-loop"><a href="#attr-media-loop">loop</a></code>, and <code title="attr-media-controls"><a href="#attr-media-controls">controls</a></code> attributes are <a href="#media-element-attributes" title="media element attributes">the attributes common to all media
   elements</a>.<div class="impl">
 
   <p>When an <code><a href="#audio">audio</a></code> element is <a href="#potentially-playing">potentially
@@ -18846,8 +18846,8 @@
   <code><a href="#htmlaudioelement">HTMLAudioElement</a></code> objects (in addition to the factory
   methods from DOM Core such as <code title="">createElement()</code>): <dfn id="dom-audio" title="dom-Audio"><code>Audio()</code></dfn> and <dfn id="dom-audio-s" title="dom-Audio-s"><code>Audio(<var title="">src</var>)</code></dfn>. When invoked as constructors,
   these must return a new <code><a href="#htmlaudioelement">HTMLAudioElement</a></code> object (a new
-  <code><a href="#audio">audio</a></code> element). The element must have its <code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a></code> attribute set to the
-  literal value "<code title="">autobuffer</code>". If the <var title="">src</var> argument is present, the object created must have
+  <code><a href="#audio">audio</a></code> element). The element must have its <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code> attribute set to the
+  literal value "<code title="attr-media-preload-auto"><a href="#attr-media-preload-auto">auto</a></code>". If the <var title="">src</var> argument is present, the object created must have
   its <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code> content attribute set to
   the provided value, and the user agent must invoke the object's
   <a href="#concept-media-load-algorithm" title="concept-media-load-algorithm">resource selection
@@ -19052,7 +19052,7 @@
   const unsigned short <a href="#dom-media-network_loading" title="dom-media-NETWORK_LOADING">NETWORK_LOADING</a> = 2;
   const unsigned short <a href="#dom-media-network_no_source" title="dom-media-NETWORK_NO_SOURCE">NETWORK_NO_SOURCE</a> = 3;
   readonly attribute unsigned short <a href="#dom-media-networkstate" title="dom-media-networkState">networkState</a>;
-           attribute boolean <a href="#dom-media-autobuffer" title="dom-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a>;
+           attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-media-preload" title="dom-media-preload">preload</a>;
 <!--v3BUF  readonly attribute float <span title="dom-media-bufferingRate">bufferingRate</span>;
   readonly attribute boolean <span title="dom-media-bufferingThrottled">bufferingThrottled</span>;
 -->  readonly attribute <a href="#timeranges">TimeRanges</a> <a href="#dom-media-buffered" title="dom-media-buffered">buffered</a>;
@@ -19096,7 +19096,7 @@
 [Callback=FunctionOnly, NoInterfaceObject]
 interface <dfn>CueRangeCallback</dfn> {
   void <span title="dom-CueRangeCallback-handleEvent">handleEvent</span>(in DOMString id);
-};--></pre><p>The <dfn id="media-element-attributes">media element attributes</dfn>, <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-loop"><a href="#attr-media-loop">loop</a></code>, and <code title="attr-media-controls"><a href="#attr-media-controls">controls</a></code>, apply to all <a href="#media-element" title="media element">media elements</a>. They are defined in
+};--></pre><p>The <dfn id="media-element-attributes">media element attributes</dfn>, <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>, <code title="attr-media-loop"><a href="#attr-media-loop">loop</a></code>, and <code title="attr-media-controls"><a href="#attr-media-controls">controls</a></code>, apply to all <a href="#media-element" title="media element">media elements</a>. They are defined in
   this section.</p><!-- proposed v2 (actually v3!) features:
     * frame forward / backwards / step(n) while paused
     * hasAudio, hasVideo, hasCaptions, etc
@@ -19744,14 +19744,9 @@
     the <code title="dom-media-networkState"><a href="#dom-media-networkstate">networkState</a></code> to
     <code title="dom-media-NETWORK_LOADING"><a href="#dom-media-network_loading">NETWORK_LOADING</a></code>.</p>
 
-    <p>The <code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a></code>
-    attribute provides a hint that the author expects that downloading
-    the entire resource optimistically will be worth it, even in the
-    absence of the <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>
-    attribute. In the absence of either attribute, the user agent is
-    likely to find that waiting until the user starts playback before
-    downloading any further content leads to a more efficient use of
-    the network resources.</p>
+    <p class="note">The <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code> attribute provides a
+    hint regarding how much buffering the author thinks is advisable,
+    even in the absence of the <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code> attribute.</p>
 
     <p>When a user agent decides to completely stall a download,
     e.g. if it is waiting until the user starts playback before
@@ -19878,8 +19873,10 @@
         network usage while still fetching the metadata for each
         <a href="#media-resource">media resource</a> would also stop buffering at this
         point, causing the <code title="dom-media-networkState"><a href="#dom-media-networkstate">networkState</a></code> attribute
-        to switch to the <code title="dom-media-NETWORK_IDLE"><a href="#dom-media-network_idle">NETWORK_IDLE</a></code> value, if
-        the <a href="#media-element">media element</a> did not have an <code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a></code> or <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code> attribute.</p>
+        to switch to the <code title="dom-media-NETWORK_IDLE"><a href="#dom-media-network_idle">NETWORK_IDLE</a></code> value. This
+        is also where a user agent would stop buffering when honoring
+        the <a href="#media-element">media element</a>'s <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code>'s <a href="#attr-media-preload-metadata-state" title="attr-media-preload-metadata-state">Metadata</a>
+        state.</p>
 
        </li>
 
@@ -20063,23 +20060,42 @@
    abort the overall <a href="#concept-media-load-algorithm" title="concept-media-load-algorithm">resource selection
    algorithm</a>.</li>
 
-  </ol></div><p>The <dfn id="attr-media-autobuffer" title="attr-media-autobuffer"><code>autobuffer</code></dfn>
-  attribute is a <a href="#boolean-attribute">boolean attribute</a>. Its presence hints to
-  the user agent that the author believes that the <a href="#media-element">media
-  element</a> will likely be used, even though the element does not
-  have an <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>
-  attribute. (The attribute has no effect if used in conjunction with
-  the <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code> attribute,
-  though including both is not an error.) <span class="impl">This
-  attribute may be ignored altogether. The attribute must be ignored
-  if the <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code> attribute
-  is present.</span><div class="impl">
+  </ol></div><hr><p>The <dfn id="attr-media-preload" title="attr-media-preload"><code>preload</code></dfn>
+  attribute is an <a href="#enumerated-attribute">enumerated attribute</a>. The following table
+  lists the keywords and states for the attribute &mdash; the keywords
+  in the left column map to the states in the cell in the second
+  column on the same row as the keyword.<table><thead><tr><th> Keyword
+     <th> State
+     <th> Brief description
+   <tbody><tr><td><dfn id="attr-media-preload-none" title="attr-media-preload-none"><code>none</code></dfn>
+     <td><dfn id="attr-media-preload-none-state" title="attr-media-preload-none-state">None</dfn>
+     <td>Hints to the user agent that the author either does not expect the user to need the media resource, or that the server wants to minimise unnecessary traffic.
+    <tr><td><dfn id="attr-media-preload-metadata" title="attr-media-preload-metadata"><code>metadata</code></dfn>
+     <td><dfn id="attr-media-preload-metadata-state" title="attr-media-preload-metadata-state">Metadata</dfn>
+     <td>Hints to the user agent that the author either does not expect the user to need the media resource, but that fetching the resource metadata (dimensions, first frame, track list, duration, etc) is reasonable.
+    <tr><td><dfn id="attr-media-preload-auto" title="attr-media-preload-auto"><code>auto</code></dfn>
+     <td><dfn id="attr-media-preload-auto-state" title="attr-media-preload-auto-state">Automatic</dfn>
+     <td>Hints to the user agent that the user agent can put the user's needs first without risk to the server, up to and including optimistically downloading the entire resource.
+  </table><p>The empty string is also a valid keyword, and maps to the <a href="#attr-media-preload-auto-state" title="attr-media-preload-auto-state">Automatic</a> state. The
+  attribute's <i>missing value default</i> is user-agent defined,
+  though the <a href="#attr-media-preload-auto-state" title="attr-media-preload-auto-state">Automatic</a> state is
+  suggested in high-bandwidth situations.<div class="impl">
 
-  <p>The <dfn id="dom-media-autobuffer" title="dom-media-autobuffer"><code>autobuffer</code></dfn> IDL
+  <p>The <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code> attribute is
+  intended to provide a hint to the user agent about what the author
+  thinks will lead to the best user experience. The attribute may be
+  ignored altogether, for example based on explicit user preferences
+  or based on the available connectivity. The attribute must be
+  ignored if the <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>
+  attribute is present.</p>
+
+  <p>The <dfn id="dom-media-preload" title="dom-media-preload"><code>preload</code></dfn> IDL
   attribute must <a href="#reflect">reflect</a> the content attribute of the
   same name.</p>
 
-  </div><!--v3BUF (when readding this, also add a domintro block)
+  </div><p class="note">The <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code>
+  attribute has no effect if used in conjunction with the <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code> attribute, though
+  including both is not an error.<hr><!--v3BUF (when readding this, also add a domintro block)
   <p>The <dfn
   title="dom-media-bufferingRate"><code>bufferingRate</code></dfn>
   attribute must return the average number of bits received per second
@@ -20092,6 +20108,8 @@
   throttling the bandwidth used by the download (including when
   throttling to zero to pause the download altogether), and false
   otherwise.</p>
+
+  <hr>
 --><dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">media</var> . <code title="dom-media-buffered"><a href="#dom-media-buffered">buffered</a></code></dt>
 
    <dd>
@@ -55620,7 +55638,7 @@
    <dt>A start tag whose tag name is "li"</dt>
    <dd>
 
-    <p>Run the following steps:</p>
+    <p>Run these steps:</p>
 
     <ol><li><p>Set the <a href="#frameset-ok-flag">frameset-ok flag</a> to "not ok".</li>
 
@@ -65476,7 +65494,7 @@
          <a href="#transparent">transparent</a>*</td>
      <td><a href="#global-attributes" title="global attributes">globals</a>;
          <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code>;
-         <code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a></code>;
+         <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code>;
          <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>;
          <code title="attr-media-loop"><a href="#attr-media-loop">loop</a></code>;
          <code title="attr-media-controls"><a href="#attr-media-controls">controls</a></code></td>
@@ -66476,7 +66494,7 @@
      <td><a href="#global-attributes" title="global attributes">globals</a>;
          <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="#attr-media-src">src</a></code>;
          <code title="attr-video-poster"><a href="#attr-video-poster">poster</a></code>;
-         <code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">autobuffer</a></code>;
+         <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">preload</a></code>;
          <code title="attr-media-autoplay"><a href="#attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</a></code>;
          <code title="attr-media-loop"><a href="#attr-media-loop">loop</a></code>;
          <code title="attr-media-controls"><a href="#attr-media-controls">controls</a></code>;
@@ -66798,11 +66816,6 @@
      <td> <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async">script</a></code>
      <td> Execute script asynchronously
      <td> <a href="#boolean-attribute">Boolean attribute</a>
-    <tr><th> <code title="">autobuffer</code>
-     <td> <code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">audio</a></code>;
-          <code title="attr-media-autobuffer"><a href="#attr-media-autobuffer">video</a></code>
-     <td> Hint that buffering the <a href="#media-resource">media resource</a> will likely be needed
-     <td> <a href="#boolean-attribute">Boolean attribute</a>
     <tr><th> <code title="">autocomplete</code>
      <td> <code title="attr-form-autocomplete"><a href="#attr-form-autocomplete">form</a></code>;
           <code title="attr-input-autocomplete"><a href="#attr-input-autocomplete">input</a></code>
@@ -67154,6 +67167,13 @@
      <td> <code title="attr-video-poster"><a href="#attr-video-poster">video</a></code>
      <td> Poster frame to show prior to video playback
      <td> <a href="#valid-url">Valid URL</a>
+    <tr><th> <code title="">preload</code>
+     <td> <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">audio</a></code>;
+          <code title="attr-media-preload"><a href="#attr-media-preload">video</a></code>
+     <td> Hints how much buffering the <a href="#media-resource">media resource</a> will likely need
+     <td> "<code title="attr-media-preload-none"><a href="#attr-media-preload-none">none</a></code>";
+          "<code title="attr-media-preload-metadata"><a href="#attr-media-preload-metadata">metadata</a></code>";
+          "<code title="attr-media-preload-auto"><a href="#attr-media-preload-auto">auto</a></code>"
     <tr><th> <code title="">pubdate</code>
      <td> <code title="attr-time-pubdate"><a href="#attr-time-pubdate">time</a></code>
      <td> Whether the element's value represents a publication time for the nearest <code><a href="#the-article-element">article</a></code> or <code><a href="#the-body-element-0">body</a></code>

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