3.0 has been released

[Lutz Vieweg]

On 02/21/2013 11:09 PM, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
> How about now?

Looks better!

>> It may also be worthwhile to allow the user to choose between different
>> versions of the video, as in 1080p vs. 720p, (the relevant links are:
>>> http://archive.org/download/SubsurfaceVideoTutorial/Subsurface_Tutorial_1080p30_3Mbps.mp4
>>> http://archive.org/download/SubsurfaceVideoTutorial/Subsurface_Tutorial_1080p30_3Mbps.webm
>>> http://archive.org/download/SubsurfaceVideoTutorial/Subsurface_Tutorial_720p30_1500kbps.mp4
>>> http://archive.org/download/SubsurfaceVideoTutorial/Subsurface_Tutorial_720p30_1500kbps.webm
>> ) and/or link to the archive.org overview page where people are
>> presented all the download options and formats:
>> http://archive.org/details/SubsurfaceVideoTutorial
>
> Umm. Err. I think what I have now "just works". Adding a complicated
> selection for the user seems... odd. Unless I can magically pick the
> "best" one for them. And I have no idea how I'd do that.

I won't propose to build some magic code that tries to pick the version
best suited for the user - that is probably futile.

But what about just placing the following under the </video> tag:

<p>If you've got trouble playing the tutorial video within your
browser, you may look for alternative sizes, video formats and
download methods at <a 
href="http://archive.org/details/SubsurfaceVideoTutorial">http://archive.org/details/SubsurfaceVideoTutorial</a>.

This way, users could try everything from "bit torrent download" to
(*shudder*) Flash-based player, and the related FAQs are also answered
on the archive.org/details page...

>> Regarding the support for non-<video>-capable browsers: There is a
>> spurious "ZA" after the alternative text inside the <video> tag.
>
> Fixed.

Good, so the web-page can now also proudly claim
"Optimized for Lynx/w3m" ;-)

Regards,

Lutz Vieweg