Re: Short-term workarounds - - <source> in <video>

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009, Joe D Williams wrote:
> 
> " ... are only short-term workarounds, and the same applies to, e.g., 
> <source> in <video>, or <command>, ... "
> 
> this quote was in another topic but it caught my eye because I'm not 
> sure how <source> constitutes a workaround; what is the problem allowing 
> multiple <source > elements is not solving?

What I meant was that the same problem that affected <itemref> in legacy 
browsers would also affect <source> in legacy browsers.

e.g.

   <video>
    <source>
    <div></div>
   </video>

...gets parsed as (modulo whitespace):

   <video>
    <source>
     <div></div>
    </source>
   </video>

...in legacy UAs.

My point was that that wasn't a big deal and would not be a kiler problem 
for <itemref>.

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Received on Friday, 23 October 2009 03:09:41 UTC