At 10:31 +0200 13/08/09, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
Hi,
We would like to request that
addCueRange/removeCueRanges be dropped from the
spec before going into Last Call. We are not
satisfied with it and want to see it replaced
with a solution that includes (scriptless) timed
text (a.k.a captions/subtitles). I don't think
that this will be finished in time for Last Call
however, because we need implementor experience
to write a good spec. However, we have no
intention of implementing both cue ranges and
its replacement, so it is better if the spec
doesn't provide any solution for now.
I have been briefly in contact with other
browser vendors and while I cannot speak for
them here, I hope those that agree will chime in
if necessary.
We reluctantly agree. We suggested a re-think a
year ago, and though that got some support, it
didn't get the editor's support. We do not have
an implementation of the current spec., and don't
expect to.
<http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2008-July/015284.html>
We do think the functionality is important, and
are saddened to agree with this proposal, however.
--
David Singer
Multimedia Standards, Apple Inc.
