Re: removing createObjectURL

On 2013-09-02 11:59, Dominique Hazael-Massieux wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Based on the feedback from the Web Apps Working Group, it seems like
> platform consistency is not a particularly strong motivation to keep
> createObjectURL for mediastreams, and that in general, moving away from
> it would be better.

Agreed, but I'd like to note that a concern regarding cross window 
access to MediaStream's (for rendering) that occurs if createObjectURL 
has been raised.

There are other solutions (e.g. making MediaStream transferable) to this 
issue available, but we'd have to spec that out in that case.

>
> The only caveat that was raised was whether this was still an option due
> to existing deployment of that approach; I personally would side towards
> saying that we still can and should remove it, but input from
> implementors would likely be informative on this.
>
> Dom
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