Those are pretty nasty restrictions. But I suspect it is intentional: to prevent web pages from instantly blasting audio at people the minute they load them.
On 2010-12-15, at 00:50, Henry Minsky wrote: > I've learned that there are the following restrictions on HTML <video> and > <audio> tag on the iphone/ipad > > + initiating playback: the user must interactively initiate playback via > clicking on the native 'play' control that is presented by > the <video> or <audio> tag. You cannot use javascript calls to start > playback. This means that the native controls > must be visible at least to start playing, though you can hide them once > playback has been initiated. > > + volume control: the user must interactively change the volume, via > the native OS volume controls on the device; it cannot be changed under > script control from the web page. > > > > > > -- > Henry Minsky > Software Architect > [email protected]
