[html5] r3344 - [e] (0) Discourage use of 'autoplay'. (credit: jf)

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Author: ianh
Date: 2009-06-30 18:49:35 -0700 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009)
New Revision: 3344

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Discourage use of 'autoplay'. (credit: jf)

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2009-07-01 01:43:42 UTC (rev 3343)
+++ index	2009-07-01 01:49:35 UTC (rev 3344)
@@ -21281,6 +21281,13 @@
   <a href=#media-resource>media resource</a> as soon as it can do so without
   stopping.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>Authors are urged to use the <code title=attr-media-autoplay><a href=#attr-media-autoplay>autoplay</a></code> attribute rather than
+  using script to trigger automatic playback, as this allows the user
+  to override the automatic playback when it is not desired, e.g. when
+  using a screen reader. Authors are also encouraged to consider not
+  using the automatic playback behavior at all, and instead to let the
+  user agent wait for the user to start playback explicitly.</p>
+
   <div class=impl>
 
   <p>The <dfn id=dom-media-autoplay title=dom-media-autoplay><code>autoplay</code></dfn>
@@ -71827,6 +71834,7 @@
   John Bussjaeger,
   John Carpenter,
   John Fallows,
+  John Foliot,
   John Harding,
   John Keiser,
   John-Mark Bell,

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2009-07-01 01:43:42 UTC (rev 3343)
+++ source	2009-07-01 01:49:35 UTC (rev 3344)
@@ -22989,6 +22989,14 @@
   <span>media resource</span> as soon as it can do so without
   stopping.</p>
 
+  <p class="note">Authors are urged to use the <code
+  title="attr-media-autoplay">autoplay</code> attribute rather than
+  using script to trigger automatic playback, as this allows the user
+  to override the automatic playback when it is not desired, e.g. when
+  using a screen reader. Authors are also encouraged to consider not
+  using the automatic playback behavior at all, and instead to let the
+  user agent wait for the user to start playback explicitly.</p>
+
   <div class="impl">
 
   <p>The <dfn title="dom-media-autoplay"><code>autoplay</code></dfn>
@@ -84718,6 +84726,7 @@
   John Bussjaeger,
   John Carpenter,
   John Fallows,
+  John Foliot,
   John Harding,
   John Keiser,
   John-Mark Bell,