[whatwg] Autoplaying media elements not in a document

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:22 PM, timeless <timeless at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Chris Pearce <chris at pearce.org.nz> wrote:
> > Unless there's a good reason not to, and since most browsers have
> > implemented autoplay when not in a document anyway, perhaps we should
> update
> > the spec to match the implemented behaviour?
>
> Accessibility tools only have access to the document. This means that
> they will not be able to help a user STOP, pause, play, seek a video /
> audio resource.
>
> This really isn't ok.
>
> You can pretend DOM Inspector is an accessibility aid if you want to
> experience this.
>

It sounds like you're arguing that elements not in a document should not
play at all. That is a separate issue, so please raise it yourself if you
think it's important.

Rob
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