Cross platform compatible

Open kof opened this issue 9 years ago • 1 comments

Using html in types like video makes it not really compatible with other platforms other than browser. In fact it is a bad format for browser too, it has assumptions about rendering and forces to use iframe to avoid xss.

Apr 26 '16 11:04 kof

This spec pre-dates HTML5 video being widely available, so is based on the way all video content was delivered at the time; Flash, Silverlight or Quicktime.

The oEmbed spec was written in March 2008, but support was added later to Safari & Firefox (June 2009), Chrome (Oct 2009) and IE (March 2011). It also predates the iOS app store by 6 months, so mobile support was not originally a goal.

Adding a new content type to oEmbed is not out of the question, if there is enough demand for supporting it.

Apr 27 '16 01:04 iamcal