- From: Charles <lists07@wiltgen.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 13:53:00 -0700
(This is only partially on-topic, so apologies in advance.) > I would like to have a look at a convincing example supporting > your argument... The best examples are no longer on the internet, since Apple long ago stopped advancing or evangelizing this capability of QuickTime. Two references I can point you do are Inside QuickTime: Interactive Movies[1], and the book Interactive QuickTime: Authoring Wired Media[2]. > ...that rationalized your demand that the video element should > support arbitrary virtual machines, including Adobe Flash. Any multimedia-centric runtime conceived or actively advanced during in the 1990s supports the kind of functionality you're talking about, which is why it doesn't make sense to put Flash into a different box. That's all kind of besides the main point, which is that it's a missed opportunity that <video> will only support one format across browsers/OSs. I'm okay with that, since this problem can be solved outside of HTML 5. -- Charles [1] http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/IQ_InteractiveMovies/insi deqt_intmov.pdf [2] http://www.amazon.com/Interactive-QuickTime-Authoring-Wired-Developer/dp/155 8607463 -----Original Message----- From: K?i?tof ?elechovski [mailto:giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl] Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 4:59 AM To: 'Charles'; 'WHAT working group' Subject: RE: [whatwg] Some <video> questions I replied as soon as I was able to review your example. You argued that a QuickTime movie can be used to make the host computer execute arbitrary algorithms and that rationalized your demand that the video element should support arbitrary virtual machines, including Adobe Flash. I would like to have a look at a convincing example supporting your argument; the one you provided is not satisfactory because it is a mere redirection. Yours sincerely Chris -----Original Message----- From: whatwg-bounces@lists.whatwg.org [mailto:whatwg-bounces at lists.whatwg.org] On Behalf Of Charles Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 7:18 PM To: 'WHAT working group' Subject: Re: [whatwg] Some <video> questions Not sure why you're responding to a 3-month-old email or what "Turing complete" has to do with anything (the QuickTime runtime is also Turing complete), but feel free to ping me off-list if you have questions. -- Charles
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