On Mar 18, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Matthew Ratzloff wrote:
"Slightly" more complex use case: <object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" width="200" height="16"> <param name="src" value="my-audio.mp3" /> <param name="autoplay" value="true" /> <param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" /> <param name="controller" value="true" /> <!--[if !IE]> <--> <object data="my-audio.mp3" type="video/quicktime"> <param name="pluginurl" value="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" /> <param name="controller" value="true" /> </object> <!--> <![endif]--> This is a description of my audio file. </object> vs. <object src="my-audio.mp3"> <param name="autoplay" value="true" /> This is a description of my audio file. </object>
I don't think you can credit <object> for the simplification that results when you replace something that works across many browsers with something that doesn't.
Regards, Maciej