- From: Tim Starling <tstarling@wikimedia.org>
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:17:11 +1000
Robert O'Callahan wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org
> <mailto:tstarling at wikimedia.org>> wrote:
>
> interface HTMLMediaElement {
> ...
> boolean supportsType(in DOMString type);
> ...
> }
>
> The supportsType() method must return false if the user agent is
> sure it
> cannot support the given type, and true if the user agent either can
> support the given type, or cannot determine whether it can support the
> given type.
>
>
> Wouldn't it be better to return three possible values: "yes", "no" and
> "don't know"?
With this proposal, I'm trying to find a compromise between the opinions
put forward on this list. Personally I'd be happy either way, as long as
the interface gets added in some form.
The yes = maybe definition pre-empts the tendency of user agents to lie
about their capabilities.
-- Tim Starling
Received on Friday, 22 August 2008 19:17:11 UTC