[Xerte-dev] Re: html5 link in properties

Pat Lockley patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
Thu Nov 15 09:13:56 GMT 2012


That'll need a database change / some odd code though.

I get the desire to let people play, just worried it'd create a rod for our backs?

On 15 Nov 2012, at 08:48, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> It’s more complicated than that because some pieces are not going to work in html5 even in a new browser because of the way they are designed. So auto detection isn’t (all of) the answer. I think it should probably be author choice, with the default for new projects being HTML, old projects continue to use play.php.
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> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 14 November 2012 16:01
> To: For Xerte technical developers
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: html5 link in properties
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> <thoughts>
> I don't think this is a good idea, it makes more sense to have a play.php which negotiates with the device to see what can be displayed?
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> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Fay Cross <Fay.Cross at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> Yes, commit it please. That’s on my to do list so if you’ve already done it that’s great.
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> Thanks
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> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
> Sent: 14 November 2012 15:42
> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] html5 link in properties
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> Hi Fay/all
> I noticed that Julian had committed an update to allow Ctrl  + Click html5 preview from the editor and also I know part of the 1.9 plans is to enable either the play_html5 link or auto detection or both but as a temporary measure for testing xenith development etc I had already been testing enabling a second play link in the properties window and I've uploaded this to the Techdis install for now but could commit the code if you want?
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> This involved a small addition to url_library.php and properties_library.php and well as properties_library.inc for the language string.
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> Have a look at the Techdis install and let me know if you want me to commit these additions?
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> For the moment I haven't duplicated the embed code box for the html5 version.
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> HTH
> Ron
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