17848 2012-07-18 07:02:55 +0000 Multiple Sources With Images 2012-09-26 23:04:54 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG HTML unspecified Other other RESOLVED WONTFIX P3 normal Unsorted 1 contributor ian ian lrosenth me mike odinho contributor oldest_to_newest 70166 0 contributor 2012-07-18 07:02:55 +0000 This was was cloned from bug 16871 as part of operation convergence. Originally filed: 2012-04-26 22:50:00 +0000 Original reporter: James <me@jscampbellis.me> ================================================================================ #0 James 2012-04-26 22:50:07 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was wondering why IMG has been left out. Video and Sound have a source tag which I think IMG should have as well so that I as a web developer can have different image resources depending on things like the screen size or what the browser supports ================================================================================ #1 Odin Hørthe Omdal 2012-05-08 13:27:43 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's some ongoing talk about it. You may find some info here: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011May/thread.html#msg386 https://gist.github.com/2159117 http://www.w3.org/community/respimg/common-questions-and-concerns/ And probably some other places on the web too ;-) Why <img> hasn't got that is first and foremost just legacy. But now that we want something like it, it's harder to say how. (and with a HTTP-based solution, having it all in one progressive image, allowing to stop downloading that one when you don't want more, then img tag wouldn't have to be changed to have sources at all). ================================================================================ 74603 1 ian 2012-09-26 23:04:54 +0000 I discussed this in the WHATWG list in a couple of really long e-mails; if you disagree with any of the arguments in those, please respond to my e-mail there. Thanks! :-)