- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:55:01 +0900
- To: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>, public-html@w3.org, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
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.
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