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Bug 13430 - 2.2.3 Extensibility
Summary: 2.2.3 Extensibility
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: John Foliot
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Keywords: a11y, a11ytf
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Reported: 2011-07-28 21:24 UTC by John Foliot
Modified: 2013-05-23 15:50 UTC (History)
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Description John Foliot 2011-07-28 21:24:26 UTC
Section 2.2.3 Extensibility states:

    "Authors can create plugins and invoke them using the embed element. This is how Flash works."

This should also include the <object> element. Proposed new text:

    "Authors can create plugins and invoke them using the embed or object elements. This is how Flash works."

It should be noted that Flash today actually references the object element with < embed > as a legacy fallback. There is also some suggestion that object has better accessibility support [Ref. required]

Filed on behalf of the a11yTF
Comment 1 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:16:23 UTC
mass-move component to LC1
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-08-14 07:03:10 UTC
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: This isn't intended to be a comprehensive guide to how plugins work. It's just meant to be a list of sample extension points. Mentioning <object> here is something I considered doing but avoided because it ends up raising more questions than it answers (since <object> serves multiple roles of which plugins is but one).