[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 7968] New: QuickTime Movie markup in Object Tag - conflict with Gecko browsers

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http://bugzilla.opendarwin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7968

           Summary: QuickTime Movie markup in Object Tag - conflict with
                    Gecko browsers
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 420+ (nightly)
          Platform: Macintosh
               URL: http://www.q7design.demon.co.uk/QTMovieMarkup/
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.4
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: Plug-ins and Java
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at opendarwin.org
        ReportedBy: q7design at yahoo.co.uk


This is related to Bug 7163 which involved a difference between Gecko browsers
and Webkit browsers in object markup for applets. In that case the Gecko
browsers rendered the Webkit object markup, but in the case of QuickTime movies
(using Apple's plugin) they do not (and vice versa). Again, I am not sure which
interpretation of the W3C standard is correct, but am reporting the problem as
I feel it would be advantagous to resolve it. (Especially as Apple still
recommends using the non-standard embed tag.)
The markup accepted by Gecko browsers, but not Webkit browsers, is illustrated
at http://www.q7design.demon.co.uk/QTMovieMarkup/Movie-ObjFF.html and involves
specifying the movie as data:
<object data="movie.mov" type="video/quicktime">
The Webkit markup can be found at
http://www.q7design.demon.co.uk/QTMovieMarkup/Movie-ObjSaf.html and involves
using the param tags:
<object type="video/quicktime">
<param name="src" value="weemovie.mov" >
Both validate html 4.01 strict.
It is possible to use a hacked hybrid markup to get round this, as illustrated
in the examples at the url.


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