[whatwg] Some <video> questions

Henri Sivonen hsivonen at iki.fi
Thu Jan 31 00:31:37 PST 2008


On Jan 31, 2008, at 03:01, Charles wrote:

> Semantically, you don't want web video (regardless of format) to be  
> marked
> up as <video>?


What would be the benefit of instantiating the Flash Player with  
<video>? Wouldn't it just be less compatible than <object>/<embed>?

(Also, since <video> isn't a video player player, I think  
instantiating Flash Player with it wouldn't even be semantically pure.)

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Henri Sivonen
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