Chapter 9: Multimedia

The full text of Steve Jobs’s “Thoughts on Flash” is at http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/.

Advice on audio and video accessibility around autoplaying is on the WCAG Audio Control page at http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-dis-audio.html.

MDN has tables showing the current state of media format implementation across different browsers at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Media_formats_supported_by_the_audio_and_video_elements/, and Kroc Camen’s technique and notes for cross-browser implementation, “Video for Everybody!”, is at http://camendesign.co.uk/code/video_for_everybody/.

The best introduction to WebVTT and the track element is on Dev.Opera, http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/an-introduction-to-webvtt-and-track/ ...

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