Re: Should <video> buffer control be tri-state?

On Jan 9, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Boris Zbarsky wrote:

> On 1/9/10 1:19 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:
>>>> 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)
> 
> What about "playthrough" (as in, keep buffering at least until you would fire the canplaythrough event)?
> 
  Great suggestion!

  Given "metadata" and "playthough", I wonder if "none" would make more sense than "no".

eric

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