Re: inline <object> element with width and heigh support

2007/11/6, Kevin DeKorte <[email protected]>:
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> Forest Bond wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:38:46PM -0700, Kevin DeKorte wrote:
> >> Sylvain Bertrand wrote:
> >>> The <embed> element does work, but it is obsolete and should be
> >>> replaced with the <object> element. I don't know the mplayerplug-in
> >>> internals, but maybe it's a matter of duplicating the  <embed> element
> >>> behaviour to the <object> element?
> >
> >> The <object> tag does not instantiate any plugins in firefox, it does
> >> not matter if it is obsolete or not, it just doesn't work in firefox.
> >
> > The <object> tag works fine for me.  Maybe it depends on the doctype.
> >
> > Test here:
> >
> > http://joliclic.free.fr/html/object-tag/en/index.php
> >
> > -Forest
> >
>
> I stand corrected....
>
> This site does work as expected...
> http://joliclic.free.fr/html/object-tag/en/object-video.html#mpg
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>
> Didn't used to work that way..
>
> Kevin
>
Indeed, to have the <object> element playing videos in inline normal
flow, you must provide width and height attributes.
Is there a way for mplayer to notify mplayerplug-in of the native
videos dimensions, and then let mplayerplug-in notify gecko of them?

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