[whatwg] <video>: togglePause() versus pause()
Dan Brickley
danbri at danbri.org
Sun Mar 18 16:39:48 PDT 2007
Alexey Feldgendler wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:09:02 +0100, Magnus Kristiansen
> <magnusrk+whatwg at pvv.org> wrote:
>
>>> I just played some more with our internal implementation (Opera's)
>>> and noticed that our pause() really is like togglePause() in the
>>> HTML5 proposal. Looking at the specification I don't see much need
>>> for pause() there. Perhaps togglePause() should just become pause()
>>> and pause() be removed?
>
>> I would suggest the opposite. For basic actions like play and pause,
>> play() and pause() are the most natural options. I question whether we
>> need a command to toggle between play/pause at all. Any UI which uses
>> a combined play/resume button has to know which state it is, so it
>> already knows which command is relevant.
>
> +1
>
> What's good for UI (a play/pause toggle button) isn't necessarily good
> for API. play() should only start playback (and do nothing if it's
> already playing), pause() should only pause (and do nothing if it's
> stopped). The spec also mentions a property to find out the current state.
This is an important point. Pause UI is a well known slippery issue
(state vs action). An API shouldn't dictate the UI...
Dan
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