[Swfdec] [PATCH] Manage host based autoplaying from plugin menu

[Riccardo Magliocchetti]

Hi Pavel,

On Fri, 02 May 2008 17:43:09 -0400 Pavel Roskin <proski at gnu.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 21:19 +0200, Riccardo Magliocchetti wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > attached a patch that provides the ability to set / unset
> > autoplaying from the domain the flash come from within the plugin
> > menu. This patch does not touch the actual logic of setting
> > autoplay automatically on play start. Hope this is acceptable for
> > inclusion.
> 
> Actually, that's a bug in my opinion.  Even though swfdec is a GNOME
> project, and GNOME is notorious for applying configuration changes
> immediately, this goes too far.  The plugin area is not a
> configuration dialog.  It's a player.  Users don't expect their
> actions to be remembered.

Users probably expect the flash file to start automatically and i think
most of them are puzzled in front of a big grey play button. Others
consider this a feature and not actually a bug ;) And i think this
_default_ behaviour will be considered more a bug in the future when
swfdec will play more stuff out of the box.

Setting autoplaying on start is a step in the direction of making it
easier for most of the users until the flash files will be played
automatically, which i belive is a goal for a free
implementation of the most widespread browser plugin; managing the
autoplay from the plugin menu is a help for the people who are a bit
more knownledged and want a bit more control now.

> I think everybody agrees that the current implementation is wrong.  We
> shouldn't be trying to preserve a wrong behavior.

I think it is quite reasonable with respect to the capabilities of
swfdec. But i don't like it too :)

cheers,
Riccardo Magliocchetti