- From: Robert Burns <rob@robburns.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:37:33 -0500
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: "Gregory J.Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>, Olivier GENDRIN <olivier.gendrin@gmail.com>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
Hi Maciej, > <embed> is there primarily for content handled by plugins. The best > plugin markup for degrading gracefully in a wide variety of > browsers nests <embed> in <object>, and it would be unfortunate to > make such markup non-conforming, even if you can use <object> alone > to target newer browsers only. I understand how <embed> is used, but I don't see any reason to make it a part of document conformance. Everyone who uses it now uses it even though its not a part of document conformance. Adding it to document conformance simply makes the language more complicated without any benefit whatsoever. If it was a part of the language in HTML 4.01 it would make sense to remove it now. Why would we add it? The object element is also for plug-ins. I see no reason to have two separate elements that serve the same purpose: one with fallback capabilities and the other without fallback capabilities. Take care, Rob
Received on Thursday, 30 August 2007 02:38:02 UTC