- From: David Hyatt <hyatt@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:23:28 -0500
I agree. dave On Jun 19, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Philip J?genstedt wrote: > Safari already uses a transparent background by default and to me that > doesn't seem like a bad idea -- it may be best to hide small 1px > letterboxes due to rounding errors in aspect ratio calculation etc. > Setting "background-color:transparent" to override the default black > is > probably less known to most authors and transparent background is also > more in line with most other HTML elements. > > I would suggest eventually specifying this behavior in the rendering > section, unless someone feels that default black letterboxes is very > important. > > // Philip > > On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 21:02 +0000, Ian Hickson wrote: >> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Philip Jgenstedt wrote: >>> >>> The issue with the poster attribute is resolved, but one comment >>> made me >>> remember something I've wondered about: >>> >>> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 09:26 +0000, Ian Hickson wrote: >>> >>>> It's not impossible; first black would render 300x150, then the >>>> poster >>> >>> The spec says: Areas of the element's playback area that do not >>> contain >>> the video represent nothing. >>> >>> What does this mean? Black is customary for video, but leaving the >>> region transparent (thus falling back to css background color) is >>> another option. Which is better? >> >> It's transparent, but I intended to have the following rule in the >> style >> sheet: >> >> video { background: black; } >> >> ...so that it looks black unless the author restyles it. Does that >> make >> sense? >> >> -- >> Ian Hickson U+1047E ) >> \._.,--....,'``. fL >> http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _ >> \ ;`._ ,. >> Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'-- >> (,_..'`-.;.' > -- > Philip J?genstedt > Opera Software >
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