At 05:58 PM 11/9/98 -0800, Steven J. Owens wrote:
>Kayla,
>
>I asked:
>> > Is there a way, with JavaScript or <embed> settings, to have
>> >a quicktime automatically start playing when the page has loaded?
>>
>> AFAIK there is no way to capture that event in any version of javascript.
>
> Turns out the trick is to turn the problem inside out; you can
>embed javascript commands into a quicktime by adding a text track
>named "HREFtrack" to the quicktime. The details are at
>www.quicktime.apple.com, under the developer link, search for HREF.
>Warped, but in the particular circumstances it does the job...
Heh, I'm not sure if I should say *cool* or if I should cringe. :)
>> Unfortunately it was designed by a guy who should never have thought he
>> could design a language.
>
> Yeah, well. Who knows what the thought processes were. I
>suspect strongly that the language was more accreted, the way coral
No, it was designed by one guy. Brandon Eich. You should hear some of the
engineers I work with rant about him. ;)
Ecmascript may be a bit more sane, but since I can't use that standard yet,
I havent investigated it.
Kayla
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