- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:26:20 -0800
- To: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On Feb 8, 2010, at 4:43 PM, David Singer wrote:
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> For what it's worth, QuickTime has had a tag in the movie file ('no-save') and also the QuickTime plugin had Kioskmode, and at least some people found them useful. They are roughly on the scale of a little white fence saying "don't enter" -- they are low enough that you can easily climb over, but they're there, and you know you have done it and the source didn't want you to.
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> Whether this level of notice is useful in the HTML 5 spec. context is a subject that could engage us for weeks, alas. I (personally) don't see it as harmful.
It might be a little more useful to have this information embedded in the media file than to put it in HTML markup. If it's in the markup, it is trivial to defeat with a tool like Firebug or the Web Inspector.
Regards,
Maciej
Received on Tuesday, 9 February 2010 01:26:54 UTC