> > How will HTML 5 affect SWFObject? I'm not really sure yet. One > observation I'd like to point out is that Anne's HTML 5 site has no > <head> or <body> elements. Is this valid HTML 5? Doesn't appear to > be (http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/ > semantics.html<http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/semantics.html> > ). > > But if it is, it will break SWFObject's createCSS method, which relies > on a <head> element. > > I'm wondering what other aspects of the script might be affected, such > as valid attributes for <object> and how the domready event could be > affected. >
These are good questions - the main thing on my mind is whether or not something like SWFObject would even be needed... at least in an idea world we could all stop using it and the browser could do everything for us, but I think that's a whole lot of wishful thinking... I do think that this should always be the end goal for us. Think of SWFObject as a temporary crutch util the world can catch up :) > > I know it's hard to develop a solid JS library like SWFObject for a > specification that isn't even official yet, but if people are starting > to use HTML 5 in the real world, maybe we should look at supporting it > sooner rather than later. I guess a first step is to check out the changes to how plugins are handled, and what, if any, changes there are to the object tag (and what the deal is with the embed tag, if it's around at all, etc.). SWFObject is kinda like voodoo magic since we purposefully ignore standards in favor of supporting various corner cases, and I still think this is the appropriate solution going forward. So, anyone want to do some light reading of the new spec and maybe make some test cases for us? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
