- From: Kornel Lesinski <kornel@osiolki.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:17:50 -0000
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:28:38 -0000, Elliotte Harold <elharo at metalab.unc.edu> wrote: >> there can always be browser defaults that take over, but by allowing >> authors the ability to override the browsers controls >> will allow for the flexibility of >> a) allowing for disabled controls (perhaps disabling fast-forward for >> training videos) > > Seems to me the user shoudl be in control here, not the author. If they > want to fast forward, the browser lets them. I have no interest in > enabling or even suggesting the use of the silly DVD type controls where > you can't fast forward through the ads or the FBI notice. I find these annoyng myself as well, but I don't think specification could stop anyone from doing that. Authors use unskippable ads in Flash videos already. If <video> won't let them do the same, most likely they simply won't use <video>. -- regards, Kornel Lesi?ski
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