- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:25:54 -0600
- To: Jeremy Keith <jeremy@adactio.com>
- Cc: HTMLwg <public-html@w3.org>
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Jeremy Keith <jeremy@adactio.com> wrote: > Is the absence of the autobuffer attribute an explicit request not to > pre-buffer? > > Currently, the spec doesn't clearly answer that question. It only describes > what happens when the autobuffer attribute is present; it doesn't describe > what happens when the autobuffer attribute is not present. > > Here is my suggestion for the updated text: > > "The autobuffer attribute is a boolean attribute. Its presence hints to the > user agent that the author believes that the media element will likely be > used, even though the element does not have an autoplay attribute. Its > absence hints to the user agent that the author believes that the media > element might never be used." > > This extra sentence ties the absence of the attribute to author intention: > something that is currently missing. This sounds like a good change that will clear up any confusion about the intending meaning of @autobuffer. ~TJ
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