On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:30:13 -0000, Simon Pieters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Shouldn't the video API include a way to toggle full screen on/off?
Browsers are allowed to provide full screen, however there's no API for
it. Entering fullscreen should only be under the control of the user,
otherwise the author could hijack the user's screen and no way to get
out of it (e.g. as soon as the user tries to exit fullscreen, the script
goes back to fullscreen).
Couldn't this be protected in a similar way pop-up blocking works? If not,
browsers could simply display confirmation dialog box before entering
fullscreen (some sort of protection is neccessary to protect against
phishing and annoyance).
I think Mihai has a valid point here -- if there's no API for fullscreen,
custom players won't be able to provide UI for it or will try to fake it.
I suggest adding fullscreen() (toggleFullscreen? enterFullscreen?) method
that returns false if UA refused to enter fullscreen:
if (!video.fullscreen())
{
openVideoInLargePopupInstead();
}
--
regards, Kornel Lesiński
