- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 12:56:07 +0900
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: Joe D Williams <joedwil@earthlink.net>, 'HTML WG' <public-html@w3.org>
On Mar 6, 2010, at 15:38 , Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Joe D Williams wrote: > >> questions for <video> >> >> 1. Why does <video> not include @type and @media? >> If <source> uses/needs them, then why not <video> if only @src? >> If no <source> then @type and @media would not be present. > > @type and @media are used to select from among multiple sources. It's not allowed to combine @src and <source>. So <video src> has only one possible source, and therefore there's no need for information that would be used to choose a source in that case. (devil's advocate here)...they could still be used to warn me whether I can/should play the media (e.g. the media attribute might warn me it's unsuitable for people susceptible to flashing...) David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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