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Bug 8032 - 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.
Summary: Wouldn't it be better to show video/audio controls by default? Otherwise you ...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2009-10-23 14:06 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:28 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2009-10-23 14:06:51 UTC 
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
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2009-10-25 04:25:49 UTC 
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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.