[whatwg] <video>: togglePause() versus pause()

[Magnus Kristiansen]

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:00:33 +0100, Anne van Kesteren <annevk at opera.com>  
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 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.

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Magnus Kristiansen
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