[whatwg] Remove addCueRange/removeCueRanges

[David Singer]

At 10:31  +0200 13/08/09, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
>Hi,
>
>We would like to request that 
>addCueRange/removeCueRanges be dropped from the 
>spec before going into Last Call. We are not 
>satisfied with it and want to see it replaced 
>with a solution that includes (scriptless) timed 
>text (a.k.a captions/subtitles). I don't think 
>that this will be finished in time for Last Call 
>however, because we need implementor experience 
>to write a good spec. However, we have no 
>intention of implementing both cue ranges and 
>its replacement, so it is better if the spec 
>doesn't provide any solution for now.
>
>I have been briefly in contact with other 
>browser vendors and while I cannot speak for 
>them here, I hope those that agree will chime in 
>if necessary.

We reluctantly agree.  We suggested a re-think a 
year ago, and though that got some support, it 
didn't get the editor's support.  We do not have 
an implementation of the current spec., and don't 
expect to.

<http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2008-July/015284.html>

We do think the functionality is important, and 
are saddened to agree with this proposal, however.
-- 
David Singer
Multimedia Standards, Apple Inc.