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

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