- From: Mihai Sucan <mihai.sucan@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:14:35 +0200
- To: "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: public-html <public-html@w3.org>
Le Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:02:07 +0200, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> a écrit: > On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, Mihai Sucan wrote: > >> Asking why would you abort loading of media elements is like asking why >> would a download manager abort file downloads, or why any other software >> application would ever abort any file download, for any possible >> purpose. > > Not really. It's clear that the _user_ should be able to abort downloads, > and indeed he already can. But why would the Web page author start a > download just to cancel it? An application should be allowed to stop the download for the same reasons a _user_ should be able to stop downloads. I wouldn't make a distinction between the application and the user regarding 'reasons' for aborting downloads. -- Mihai Sucan http://www.robodesign.ro
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