[whatwg] api for fullscreen()

[narendra sisodiya]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Michael Dale wrote:
>>
>> It would be really nice if the html5 spec supported a javascript call to
>> set a target window to fullscreen. The browser would then issue a
>> security warning at the top of the page (similar to pop-ups) and then
>> the user could grant that domain permission to go full-screen.
>
> Why would that be better than the user just telling the UA to make the
> page full-screen directly?
>
> --
> Ian Hickson               U+1047E                )\._.,--....,'``.    fL
> http://ln.hixie.ch/       U+263A                /,   _.. \   _\  ;`._ ,.
> Things that are impossible just take longer.   `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
>
It may be used for full-screen playback of ogv/ogg videos (without
using any addon - http://en.design-noir.de/mozilla/fullscreen-video/ )
Or something usefull to view a fullscreen image galary Or a svg/canvas
Game.


-- 
┌─────────────────────────┐
│    Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया )
│    Society for Knowledge Commons
│    Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org
└─────────────────────────┘