[whatwg] Html 5 video element's poster attribute

[Shiv Kumar]

Zachary,

>Why is simply removing the poster attribute unacceptable?

Gosh, that's pretty radical isn't it? I've thought about it and if the poster is not usable then yes, I'd rather not have it at all and resort to the implementations (by websites) currently in place.

On second thought are you asking about assigning a null/empty string to the poster attribute? If so, then that only hides the poster. But I'm asking for a way to make the poster visible when desired.

Shiv
http://exposureroom.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Zachary Ozer [mailto:zach at longtailvideo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 1:21 PM
To: Shiv Kumar
Cc: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis; Silvia Pfeiffer; WHATWG
Subject: Re: [whatwg] Html 5 video element's poster attribute

Shiv -

Why is simply removing the poster attribute unacceptable?
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On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Shiv Kumar <skumar at exposureroom.com> wrote:
> Benjamin,
> To add to my earlier reply...
>
> I proposed that there be a method such as setPostervisibility(bool) to
> implement this feature while Silvia is proposing this feature be implemented
> via the load() method.
>
> So it then makes sense that she give good reason for and against, just as I
> have.
>
> Shiv
> http://exposureroom.com
>
>