On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Mike Wilcox <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@mikewilcox.net">mike@mikewilcox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Regarding fullscreen elements: I appreciate the initiative, but I wonder if it's necessary to allow fullscreen at the element level?</blockquote><div><br>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.<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">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?</blockquote>
<div><br>Nothing; see the proposed UA style sheet additions in the spec.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">As a developer, after entering fullscreen I could possibly do a fancy transition of the element to take up 100%.<font color="#888888"><br>
</font></blockquote><div> </div></div>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.<br>
<br>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.<br><br clear="all">
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