[whatwg] autobuffer on "new Audio" objects

[Ian Hickson]

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Robert O'Callahan wrote:
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> When script creates an audio element using the "new Audio" constructor, 
> the 'autobuffer' attribute should be automatically set on that element. 
> Presumably scripts will only create audio elements that they actually 
> intend to play.

Done.


On Sun, 5 Jul 2009, Adam Shannon wrote:
>
> What about slower, public, or WIFI connections that can't support 5 
> people going to yahoo.com and having audio of interviews load?  Yahoo 
> would think that everyone would want to listen to at least the first 
> ~15-30 seconds.

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Robert O'Callahan wrote:
> 
> What about them? I'm not sure what your point is.
> 
> I think we expect "new Audio" to be used for scripted playing of sounds, 
> not to create in-page audio elements.

On Sun, 5 Jul 2009, Adam Shannon wrote:
> 
> There already low bandwidth would be crippled more than it already is. 
> (By loading audio files.
> 
> I would love support for in-page audio, it could be used for podcasts, 
> radio, interviews, ect...

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Robert O'Callahan wrote:
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> For in-page audio, put an <audio> element in the page.

Robert is right; inline <audio> handles this fine, and is distinct from 
new Audio().

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