Re: Precision of #xywh=percent:...

On 10/04/2011, at 12:35 AM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:

> 
> On Apr 9, 2011, at 4:11 , Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:24:33 +0200, Silvia Pfeiffer
>>> <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> The pixel syntax operates on the intrinsic size of the video, not the
>>>>> display size. The result would be the same regardless of fullscreen,
>>>>> modulo
>>>>> scale of course.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Is this how image maps work, too?
>>> 
>>> Oddly enough, according to
>>> <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-map-element.html#processing-model>,
>>> "For historical reasons, the coordinates must be interpreted relative to the
>>> displayed image, even if it stretched using CSS or the image element's width
>>> and height attributes."
>>> 
>>> I don't think we should copy this quirk, though.
>> 
>> I don't actually know which is easier to understand for authors. I'm
>> quite torn on this.
> 
> The author might not have complete control;  a user style sheet might have made the video larger or smaller, for example.  I think the only thing the author knows for sure is the size he's supplying it at.

For URLs I see, that makes sense.

Silvia.

Received on Saturday, 9 April 2011 23:46:11 UTC