- From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:19:13 +1100
- To: Eric Carlson <eric.carlson@apple.com>
- Cc: Kornel <kornel@geekhood.net>, public-html@w3.org
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Eric Carlson <eric.carlson@apple.com> wrote: > > On Jan 8, 2010, at 3:09 AM, Kornel wrote: > >>> Would it not be better to abandon autobuffer, and support a buffer >>> attribute? With values of buffer="yes" buffer="no" and buffer="auto", >>> which would be equivalent to how browsers handle no autobuffer now? >> >> I suggest calling it preload (preload="no", preload="metadata", preload="all"?). >> > "all" is a poor choice because it may not be possible for the entire resource to be stored on the client machine, so you certainly don't want to preload the entire thing. > > eric I agree. Maybe "progressive" is the correct word? (nipped from "progressive streaming", of course) Silvia.
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