- From: Eric Carlson <eric.carlson@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:03:31 -0700
On Oct 15, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Chris Double wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Anne van Kesteren > <annevk at opera.com> wrote: >> That's not the question. The question is whether the looping >> attributes are >> needed at all. It seems that there's some desire for simple >> looping, e.g. >> background sounds. That does not require the five attributes the >> specification currently provides though. Rather, it requires one >> simple >> boolean attribute. > > I agree. I think the simple boolean attribute seems clearer and more > useful. Which attributes exactly are being considered for removal? I'm > assuming these ones: > > playCount > loopStart > loopEnd > currentLoop > > start and end would remain, yes? > After thinking about this, I'm not sure that limiting playback to a section of a media file will be used very often. A developer can easily script the same functionality as long as they don't use the default controller, so it seems to me that attributes for this aren't warranted. eric
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