On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:32:25 -0500, Francis Boumphrey <boumphreyfr at gmail.com> wrote: > Why does the (Editor's Draft 4 November 2011) spec not specifically allow > the 'autoplay' element? It has been supported by most browsers for at > least "autoplay" is only supported depending on the plug-in you load with <embed>. Even then, there's nothing special about it and it's just a param you pass to a plug-in that supports it. Some other plug-in might use "zipzambam" to start playback automatically. > 10 years, and is specified on the <video> and <audio> elements, For <video> and <audio>, they always support autoplay via the "autoplay" attribute, so it makes sense to specify it for them. -- MichaelReceived on Wednesday, 9 November 2011 08:05:47 UTC
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