On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:49:04 -0000, Bjoern Hoehrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+
| SMIL | SVG | IE | "WHATWG" |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+
beginElement() | beginElement() | beginElement() | play()
endElement() | endElement() | endElement() | stop()
- | pauseElement() | pauseElement() | pause()
- | resumeElement() | resumeElement() | togglePause()
- | isPaused | isPaused | state == PAUSED
...
I think that nomenclature in WHATWG's API is much simpler and
straightforward and that outweights benefit of appealing to authors
experienced with SMIL/SVG.
beginElement() may sound strange and confusing to authors, especially ones
familiar only with W3C DOM (where names like getElementById or
createElement are often used). OTOH anyone can guess what play() and
stop() do.
+----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Flash/ActionScript | "WHATWG" |
+----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
pause() | togglePause()
pause(true) | pause()
pause(false) | togglePause()
seek(s) | seek(1000 * s)
time | position / 1000
This however is a good point - since Flash became de-facto standard for
publishing video on the web, authors are likely to know Flash's API
already. Having similar, but not exactly the same API may be source of
mistakes.
--
regards, Kornel Lesiński
