[whatwg] <video> element feedback

[Nicholas Shanks]

On 20 Mar 2007, at 21:50, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote:

> Ian Hickson wrote:
>
>>> However, I think if <object> is so widely derided by everyone,  
>>> than I
>>> think it needs to be depreciated sooner rather than later.
>>
>> I have seriously considered doing this. Unfortunately I don't  
>> think we can
>> actually do it given the large amount of legacy content, e.g.  
>> tutorials
>> for how to embed flash which encourage use of <object>.
>
> In the unlikely event that <object> be in any way discouraged, can we
> ensure we allow element level fallback content for <img> (or some
> replacement element) as opposed to the alt attributes we're currently
> lumbered with and the longdesc attribute that WHATWG has done away  
> with?

I asked for the resurrection of HTML+'s <image>fallback</image>  
element last month.
The reasons I cited were exactly the same as the reasons being given  
now in favour of the <video> element, however I was told  
(paraphrasing) "Why bother, you can just use <object>" and "That  
would break existing implementations" (though no such implementations  
were cited).

So again, I ask for an <image> element to replace <img>. Benefits  
include:
• As <video> would cater for video/* MIME types, <image> would cater  
for image/*
• The alt and longdesc attributes can be part of the fallback  
content, allowing markup.
• You don't have to provide a type attribute and match on: object 
[type^="image/"]
• and more…

- Nicholas.
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