- From: Gareth Hay <gazhay@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:24:19 +0000
Huh? Huh? I don't seem to recall stating a preference, just that in my opinion you have one or the other, but it's hard to justify both. So you are advocating the later approach then? dispose of the <object> tag and just have <img><video><sound><flash><script><to infinity and beyond> etc? Gareth On 16 Mar 2007, at 21:16, Benjamin West wrote: > On 3/16/07, Gareth Hay <gazhay at gmail.com> wrote: >> This topic is worrying me slightly, as I can only see two possible >> outcomes :- >> >> using <object> for everything, >> images <object type="image/jpeg" data="some.jpg"> >> video <object type="application/ogg" data="video.ogg"> >> >> or defining separate tags for all possible content :- >> >> <image> >> <video> >> <sound> >> <etc...> >> >> As I can't see how it can be a mix and match of the two approaches. >> Gareth >> > > Huh? <script> isn't going away. <img> isn't going away. We've > already heard feedback that overloading <object> with new behaviours > is harder than providing specific elements for known use cases. > Solving specific problems is good. It's easier for implementors, and > it's easier for authors. Why continue to advocate for a general > approach that is both harder to implement and harder to author, when > we have a specific use case in hand? > > -Ben
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