180681 - Mozilla's Rendering of Nested Object Elements Violates Spec.

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Arun Ranganathan]

The HTML 4.01 specification recommends that when we encounter nested Object
elements, we start with the outermost one and work our way in.  But this is not
what latest Mozilla (trunk) builds do, nor branch builds (e.g. Netscape 7). 
We've got it backwards -- we seem to start with the innermost object element and
work outwards.  Here is sample code -- I'll make attachments as well.

<p>
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="javascript_to_flash.swf"
id="myFlash" width="366" height="142">
<param name="movie" value="javascript_to_flash.swf">
<param name="quality" value=high>
<param name="swliveconnect" value="true"> 
	<object type="audio/x-ms-wma" id="myWMA" width="366" height="142">
	<param name="src" value="laure.wma">
	<param name="quality" value="high">
	</object>
</object>
</p>

Expected Behavior: Now here, we should first start with Flash, and then, if
incapable of rendering Flash (SWF file) we will render Windows Media Player
which will play the WMA clip. 

Actual Behavior: We only render WMP, although we are fully capable of rendering
Flash.  So we are respecting the innermost Object element, and disregarding the
outermost object element.  We've got it wrong by spec.

Spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/objects.html#edef-OBJECT

Comment 1

[Arun Ranganathan]

Attachment: HTML page that invokes nested object elements and uses SWF and WMA as the media formats...

Comment 2

[Arun Ranganathan]

Attachment: SWF file that goes with my HTML example in previous attachment

Comment 3

[Arun Ranganathan]

For the second nested object element, use any media type for which you have a
handler that shows up in your "about:plugins" search.  I use WMA.  

Comment 4

[Arun Ranganathan]

Sorry, marking invalid.  I've retested the testcase, and I'm sorry I logged this
one!  We're doing the right thing.

Comment 5

[Wesha]

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