From: "Ian Hickson" <i...@hixie.ch>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 7:26 PM
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, David Wilson wrote:
It's easy to see how some naively implemented JS audio widget could
fetch 200mb over an expensive 3G connection, simply by navigating to
some site in a background tab (say, by creating an array of elements to
represent their playlist - something I'd have thought was perfectly
valid behaviour).
A mobile phone would not autobuffer in a background tab.
3G is becoming more common for computers or laptops, as well as natively in
some netbooks. 200MB would cost me a couple dollars, when I expect most
sites to be almost free. (I've actually had this problem when friends post
The Daily Show's embedded player, which autobuffers -- unlike YouTube
videos.)
3G is easier to carry around, and I see it becoming far more common in the
future (especially after 4G comes), which would suggest keeping large
transfers as opt-in as possible.
