On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:57 PM, David Singer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:singer@apple.com">singer@apple.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
isn't autoplaying a media element over which the user may well have no control (unless the page offers a script to control it), inappropriate?<br></blockquote><div> </div></div>Maybe, but elements not in a document can only be created by script in the first place. If script wants to have a disconnected autoplay element, why not let it? If it wants to be annoying it can just call play().<br>
<br clear="all">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>