On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Robert O'Callahan <rob...@ocallahan.org> wrote: > 2009/12/17 Ian Fette (イアンフェッティ) <ife...@google.com> >> >> I'm not convinced we actually need opt-in, though if we did have opt-in it >> should allow the user to persist that choice (don't ask me for permission >> each time i try to fullscreen a youtube video.) > > Sure. > >> >> I would much rather go for user gesture + opt-out. e.g. you have to cal >> fullscreen() in response to a user gesture, you immediately get >> fullscreened, > > It's really easy to get users to click on things. > >> >> but maybe there's some dorky bar up top that stays around until you click >> "go away" or "never put up the dork bar again for this site". > > Maybe...
Technically speaking this isn't something that needs to be standardized. All we need is a standardized fullscreen() function somewhere, and possibly standardized "fullscreenon"/"fullscreenoff" events. Browsers are free to implement whatever UI they want after that. / Jonas