Re: ISSUE-142 (poster-alt): Chairs Solicit Proposals

perhaps 'proxyframe'?

just thinking out loud.

I also agree strongly with Philip and the counter-proposal, but am amenable to finding a different name if it helps avoid confusion.

On Jan 25, 2011, at 11:01 , Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:52 PM, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> wrote:
>> Paul Cotton wrote:
>>> 
>>> ISSUE-142 (poster-alt): No alternative text description for
>>> video key frame (poster)
>>> 
>>> Per the decision policy, at this time the Chairs would like
>>> to solicit volunteers to write Change Proposals for ISSUE-142:
>>> 
>>> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/142
>>> http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html#escalation
>> 
>>> 
>>> If no Change Proposals are written by January 26, 2011 this issue
>>> will be closed without prejudice.
>> 
>> Please find a Change Proposal for Issue 142 located at:
>> 
>> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/PosterElement
>> 
>> as requested by the Chairs.
> 
> I rather like the CP, though I'm definitely not a fan of the name.
> You argue that some people are confused by the current name of the
> @poster attribute, but the term "poster frame" seems to be
> well-established in general.  "firstframe" seems to imply that it can
> only hold the first frame of the video, which is incorrect.
> 
> I'd prefer to stick with either <poster>, or perhaps <posterframe>.
> 
> ~TJ
> 

David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Wednesday, 26 January 2011 01:55:37 UTC