Re: [whatwg] Proposal for IsSearchProviderInstalled / AddSearchProvider

2011-05-16 Thread Adam Shannon
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 18:39, Ian Hickson wrote: > On Mon, 16 May 2011, Adam Shannon wrote: >> >> I don't like having the only barrier between changing the default search >> engine for a user's browser be a single dialog box. This list (and >> others) hav

Re: [whatwg] Proposal for IsSearchProviderInstalled / AddSearchProvider

2011-05-16 Thread Adam Shannon
API which could be largely abused. (Drag and drop browser controls over tons of sites asking for permission to be the default.) -- Adam Shannon Web Developer University of Northern Iowa Sophomore -- Computer Science B.S. http://ashannon.us

Re: [whatwg] input type="location" proposals

2010-06-18 Thread Adam Shannon
So, each person will be responsible for updating the address book? On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 21:49, Kit Grose wrote: > System address book, perhaps? > > Cheers, > > Kit Grose > User Experience + Technical Director > iQmultimedia > > +61 (0)2 4260 7946 > > On 19/06

Re: [whatwg] input type="location" proposals

2010-06-18 Thread Adam Shannon
emails. > 2) For entry of Lat/Long coordinates which can be entered either > manually or with some kind of map like interface. > > These are two separate proposals and I both could co-exist one as > type="location" and the other as type="gps" > > -- > Eitan Adler > -- Adam Shannon Web Developer http://ashannon.us

Re: [whatwg] input type=ink proposal

2010-06-08 Thread Adam Shannon
of a web form, a user signs their digital signature to confirm > acceptance of terms. > > Use Case: > > While filling out an online profile, a user submits a simple doodle as their > avatar. > > Use Case: > > To quickly log into an online system, a user scribbles a password, > which their server tests for fidelity to their prior scribbled input. > > > -Charles > > -- Adam Shannon Web Developer http://ashannon.us

Re: [whatwg] Subtitles, captions, and other tracks augmenting video or audio

2010-04-17 Thread Adam Shannon
be punted for > now. This will let us evaluate the proposals relative to real needs. > > Cheers, > -- > Ian Hickson               U+1047E                )\._.,--,'``.    fL > http://ln.hixie.ch/       U+263A                /,   _.. \   _\  ;`._ ,. > Things that are impossible just take longer.   `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' > -- Adam Shannon Web Developer http://ashannon.us

Re: [whatwg] [Input type=submit] "Disable" after submitting

2010-01-26 Thread Adam Shannon
clicked > more than once or is this clearly a behavior (and therefore be solved with > JS)? > > > Regards -- Adam Shannon Web Developer http://ashannon.us

Re: [whatwg] Multipage spec

2009-09-30 Thread Adam Shannon
ultipage much faster to work with, and I'm sure I'm > not alone.  So hopefully it can be brought back to life some time soon? > > Cheers, > > Remy Sharp > -- - Adam Shannon ( http://ashannon.us )

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-09 Thread Adam Shannon
> > > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Adam Shannon > wrote: > > If we never cut things off then the spec will really never be finished > > before 2020. > > Why does this matter? At the end of the day isn't the goal to have the > largest number of int

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-09 Thread Adam Shannon
g". If somebody is > interested in exploring an idea, they should be able to just start > doing that. > > - a > If we never cut things off then the spec will really never be finished before 2020. I agree that somethings can be reopened but there are also some which have been resolved and any new discussions are coming a year++ later. -- - Adam Shannon ( http://ashannon.us )

Re: [whatwg] Make Vorbis a baseline codec for

2009-07-15 Thread Adam Shannon
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM, David Gerard wrote: > 2009/7/16 Adam Shannon : > > > It has been tried but Apple will not implement it due to hardware > > limitations. > > > Hardware limitations or patent limitations? Either seems ill-matched > to evidence-based r

Re: [whatwg] Make Vorbis a baseline codec for

2009-07-15 Thread Adam Shannon
* Vorbis is widely adopted by major companies in portable media players > * Vorbis is royalty-free > It has been tried but Apple will not implement it due to hardware limitations. > > Remco > -- - Adam Shannon ( http://ashannon.us )

Re: [whatwg] Codecs for and -- informative note?

2009-07-06 Thread Adam Shannon
; workable for those content providers, e.g. Wikimedia, who don't have > > the money, and won't under principle, to put up stuff in a format > > rendered radioactive by known enforced patents. > > That's why "should" is not the same as "must". Those

Re: [whatwg] Codecs for and -- informative note?

2009-07-05 Thread Adam Shannon
ttp://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2009-July/ ) > > > -jJ > -- - Adam Shannon ( http://ashannon.us )

Re: [whatwg] autobuffer on "new Audio" objects

2009-07-05 Thread Adam Shannon
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Robert O'Callahan wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Adam Shannon wrote: > >> What about slower, public, or WIFI connections that can't support 5 people >> going to yahoo.com and having audio of interviews load? Yahoo would >&

Re: [whatwg] autobuffer on "new Audio" objects

2009-07-05 Thread Adam Shannon
was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; > the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are > healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his > own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." [Isaiah > 53:5-6] > -- - Adam Shannon ( http://ashannon.us )

Re: [whatwg] Codecs for and

2009-07-02 Thread Adam Shannon
ir own what to do with that information. >>> >>> >> >> The spec does document how to distinguish containers via MIME type. Beyond >> that I'm not sure what we can do. >> >> does support fallback, so in practice you can just use Theora and >> H.264 and cover all bases. >> >> > > I'd like to see this added to and : > > "User agents should provide controls to enable the manual selection of > fallback content." > > "User agents should provide an activation behavior, when fallback content > is required, detailing why the primary content could not be used." > > Many non-technical users will want to know why there is a black screen (or > still image), even though they can hear the audio. > > > -Charles > > > -- - Adam Shannon ( http://ashannon.us )

Re: [whatwg] Codecs for and

2009-07-01 Thread Adam Shannon
it would help if third-party plug-ins > for codecs could be sandboxed so that they cannot have access to anything > they do not have to access in order to do their job, and only via an API > provided by the host. > IMHO, > Chris > > > -- - Adam Shannon ( http://ashannon.us )