- From: Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
- Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 10:34:21 +1200
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Mike Wilcox <mike at mikewilcox.net> wrote: > Regarding fullscreen elements: I appreciate the initiative, but I wonder if > it's necessary to allow fullscreen at the element level? It's not necessary, but it's a very useful convenience. It also allows the UA to perform transition effects that are impossible just at the author level. I think Simon is already pointing out potential gotchas. What exactly is the > difference between a fullscreen-element and a fullscreen-page that has an > element in absolutely position, top z-index, at 100% width and height? Nothing; see the proposed UA style sheet additions in the spec. > As a developer, after entering fullscreen I could possibly do a fancy > transition of the element to take up 100%. > You can't do it as well as the UA can, because a really good transition effect involves desktop-level effects that authors don't have access to. For example you might want part of the window to zoom out and cover the entire screen, semi-transparent over the desktop while zooming. I would disrecommend authors trying to create custom transition effects that depend on geometry; they probably won't work across browsers because they'll interfere with the UA's effects. Rob -- "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true." [Acts 17:11] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/attachments/20100807/acc5aa2b/attachment.htm>
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