Re: [whatwg] W3C Timed Text Working Group proposal for HTMLCue

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On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Nigel Megitt wrote:
> 
> We think an HTML cue as a variant of the third option is the best 
> solution.

If you do this please make sure to define in detail how it should all 
work. For example, what happens if a script running inside a cue does 
"history.back()"? What happens if an auto-playing video element in a cue 
is given a URL that points to a resource that requires HTTP 
authentication? Is each cue a separate Document? What happens to media 
queries in a cue?

These questions are but the tip of a very, very large iceberg.

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