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On 2010-09-20 05:09, Robert O'Callahan wrote:
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type="cite">On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Shiv Kumar <span
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I'm glad to see that people do see the need to change (or
specify in more detail) the behavior of the poster at least
insofar as it disappearing before the video is played. As far
as I know, every major browser (IE 9 beta, Firefox, Safari,
Chrome and Opera) do this.</blockquote>
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As Monty discovered, Firefox does not make the poster
disappear until the video is played. Feel free to file bugs
against any browsers that behave differently; just because the
spec allows something doesn't mean it's a good idea!<br>
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Tightening up the spec to require the poster to remain until
the video is played does sound like a good idea.<br>
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We do need a spec change to allow the poster to be shown when the
video has ended, if that is the most commonly desired behavior.<br>
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Rob<br>
-- <br>
"Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the
Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness
and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was
true." [Acts 17:11]<br>
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The proper behavior should be that...<br>
if there is a "start poster" then it must be displayed while any
pre-loading takes place, if there is no pre-loading or auto-play
then it must remain displayed until the user press play/pause/stop.<br>
if there is a "start poster" then it must be removed if the user
press play/pause/stop or pre-loading has progressed far enough for
autoplay to start.<br>
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I'd also like to add that...<br>
If the user pauses the video during play then a "paused poster" must
not be shown as the user most likely intends to study the paused
frame of the video, if there is a "paused poster" then it must be
toggleable between "paused poster" and frame by the user as they
please, a small symbol or control may be shown during the paused
frame to indicate there is a "paused poster" available.<br>
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And I'd also like to add that...<br>
If there is a "end poster" then it must be displayed when the user
stop the video, or if the last frame of the video is reached then
the "end poster" but be shown.<br>
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Finally I'd like to add that...<br>
There may be one or more posters, the start/pause/end posters may be
the exact same poster or different posters.<br>
The 3 different types of posters must be scriptable to allow
rotation between multiple different posters.<br>
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Does this sound like something that would satisfy both developers
and users, without annoying either?<br>
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Personally I do not see much point in a "paused poster" but I guess
if it's scriptable it could act as a info card or maybe repeat the
chapter title or something like that!<br>
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Does posters support hotzones at all? To allow clickable
items/links/symbols (urls?). Just curious!<br>
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Roger "Rescator" Hågensen.
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