On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Shiv Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
> >I've also stated that I believe that the poster should indeed be > displayed when the video element is just loaded and not on autoplay. And I > have agreed that >there should be a possibility to have that state return > after the video has played through > > > > Yes, you have and so we’re (thankfully) on the same page and so are some > others. Whew! > > > > Just to clarify, I’m not saying that there is a dire need to show the > poster anytime during plaback. But it is a use case that is currently in use > by a well known website and there may be others as well. I (ExposureRoom, > really) have a need to show the poster at the end of the video and we allow > content producers to control that, meaning they can choose not to). > > > > You and I and a couple of other don’t see eye to eye on how this “fix” > needs to be brought to fore. I’m specitcal about the load() method and > stated why in previous posts. > > > > What if someone does not want to show the poster at the end. YouTube and > Vimeo are examples of that user case. How do you propose they have the > option to not show the poster? > That's how it works by default. What I suggested was to use a call to the load() method after it has played through to reset to the beginning state if you really need that. Thus, it covers both use cases. > So in order to provide this flexibility and make the video element useable > insofar as the features it does provide, I still feel providing a method to > turn it on/off satisfies the current use cases, including those we may not > agree with. Yes, using the removeAttribute is a hack when the needs have > been clearly demonstrated (I believe). > It's how you remove the poster. It's a single function call and thus not a hack. Regards, Silvia.
