Re: Change Proposal for ISSUE-147

On Mar 29, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Frank Olivier wrote:

> I agree - I don't want to solve the metrics problem as part of issue 147. 
> 
  I also agree, lets work on the metrics feature separate from Issue 147.

> Keeping the existing playbackrate attribute name seems like a very good idea - as we should be able to improve the media element here without affecting existing implementations.
> 
  I agree with this as well.

eric



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Hickson [mailto:ian@hixie.ch] 
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 4:00 PM
> To: Frank Olivier
> Cc: Silvia Pfeiffer; HTML WG (public-html@w3.org)
> Subject: RE: Change Proposal for ISSUE-147
> 
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2011, Frank Olivier wrote:
>> 
>> That said, my preference based on the recent discussions would be for 
>> a change that keeps the (settable) playbackrate attribute (for 
>> compatibility with any existing pages) but introduces some other 
>> mechanism for determining the actual playback rate.
> 
> I would definitely support such a change. Would you object to adding a metrics feature such as you describe at a later date rather than as part of issue 147? Since we need to add other metrics as well it seems like it would be beneficial to be able to design all such metrics together in a consistent way rather than being pressured to design it in time to resolve issue 147.
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