8032 2009-10-23 14:06:51 +0000 Wouldn't it be better to show video/audio controls by default? Otherwise you might end up with media visible on the page that is impossible to play. 2010-10-04 14:28:21 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified Other other RESOLVED WONTFIX http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#user-interface P3 normal LC 1 contributor ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 28899 0 contributor 2009-10-23 14:06:51 +0000 Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#user-interface Comment: Wouldn't it be better to show video/audio controls by default? Otherwise you might end up with media visible on the page that is impossible to play. Posted from: 208.4.26.51 28954 1 ian 2009-10-25 04:25:49 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: Many use cases of <audio> and <video> are for script-triggered playback, where controls would make no sense. Also, if we had an attribute to _hide_ the controls, it'd be a negative attribute (e.g. "nocontrols") which have proved somewhat confusing in the past.