[html5] r3390 - [e] (0) Make the definition of 'plugin' actually comprehensible.

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Sun Jul 12 22:20:20 PDT 2009


Author: ianh
Date: 2009-07-12 22:20:18 -0700 (Sun, 12 Jul 2009)
New Revision: 3390

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Make the definition of 'plugin' actually comprehensible.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2009-07-13 05:12:49 UTC (rev 3389)
+++ index	2009-07-13 05:20:18 UTC (rev 3390)
@@ -1646,12 +1646,14 @@
 
   <h4 id=plugins><span class=secno>2.1.4 </span>Plugins</h4>
 
-  <p>The term <dfn id=plugin>plugin</dfn> is used to mean any content handler,
-  typically a third-party content handler, for Web content types that
-  are not supported by the user agent natively, or for content types
-  that do not expose a DOM, that supports rendering the content as
-  part of the user agent's interface.</p>
+  <p>The term <dfn id=plugin>plugin</dfn> is used to mean any content handler
+  for Web content types that are either not supported by the user
+  agent natively or that do not expose a DOM, which supports rendering
+  the content as part of the user agent's interface.</p>
 
+  <p>Typically such content handlers are provided by third
+  parties.</p>
+
   <p class=example>One example of a plugin would be a PDF viewer
   that is instantiated in a <a href=#browsing-context>browsing context</a> when the
   user navigates to a PDF file. This would count as a plugin

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2009-07-13 05:12:49 UTC (rev 3389)
+++ source	2009-07-13 05:20:18 UTC (rev 3390)
@@ -666,12 +666,14 @@
 
   <h4>Plugins</h4>
 
-  <p>The term <dfn>plugin</dfn> is used to mean any content handler,
-  typically a third-party content handler, for Web content types that
-  are not supported by the user agent natively, or for content types
-  that do not expose a DOM, that supports rendering the content as
-  part of the user agent's interface.</p>
+  <p>The term <dfn>plugin</dfn> is used to mean any content handler
+  for Web content types that are either not supported by the user
+  agent natively or that do not expose a DOM, which supports rendering
+  the content as part of the user agent's interface.</p>
 
+  <p>Typically such content handlers are provided by third
+  parties.</p>
+
   <p class="example">One example of a plugin would be a PDF viewer
   that is instantiated in a <span>browsing context</span> when the
   user navigates to a PDF file. This would count as a plugin




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