[whatwg] <video> element feedback

Christoph Päper christoph.paeper at crissov.de
Tue Mar 20 16:20:06 PDT 2007


Håkon Wium Lie:
> Also sprach Martin Atkins:
>
>> If video is going to be considered a first-class citizen, I argue  
>> that
>> this needs to be possible for video as well:
>>      <video src="pretty.ogg">...</video>
>
> Right. I think I agree with you. Perhaps we can encourage implementors
> to add a simplistic UI in case none has been specified? On the
> right-click menu or somewhere where it doesn't take up space?

Maybe it is a stupid idea, but is something like the following  
imaginable to make a XHTML5 browser display inline video with a basic  
UI without the need for scripting?

   <form method="MEDIA">
     <video src="pretty.ogg"/>
     <button type="play"/>
   </form>




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