Interesting. The latest Editor's draft of the Web Intents spec ( https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/web-intents/raw-file/tip/spec/Overview-respec.html) is dated today. However, looking at the page source that could be an auto-generated date??
The Pick Content Intent editor's draft has a date of Jan. 18, 2013 ( http://w3c-test.org/dap/contacts/). Go Figure! On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah, I believe that's the case as well. I'm not sure what the replacement > is though :( > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think that spec is defunct and the functionality was removed from > > Chrome recently. > > > > =.( > > > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Simon MacDonald > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just reading everything over and looking at the way things are going it > > > seems like we should get the Web Intents API implemented. Looks like > > there > > > is already a shim implemented here: > > > > > > https://github.com/PaulKinlan/WebIntents > > > > > > with an APL license. > > > > > > > > > Simon Mac Donald > > > http://hi.im/simonmacdonald > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Becky Gibson <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > >> I was looking at the open issues for iOS and found some related to > > >> capture/camera and media so I decided to see what the state of the > > latest > > >> W3C APIs are for these things. It wasn't a pleasant journey! > > >> > > >> There seem to be three apis that cover our camera/capture and media. > > Note > > >> that the referenced URLs are to the latest published draft although > many > > >> have updated editor's drafts. > > >> > > >> > > >> - Pick Media Intent ( http://www.w3.org/TR/gallery/) Pick stored > > Media > > >> (images, audio, video) from various sources. > > >> - HTML Media Capture (http://www.w3.org/TR/html-media-capture/) - > > HTML > > >> form extension to allow user access to capture media from the > > device's > > >> via > > >> still camera, video, microphone via the File upload control. > > Appears to > > >> have replaced the Media Capture API ( > > >> http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-capture-api-20100401/) since all > links > > on > > >> that page to Latest Published Draft and Latest Editor's Draft refer > > the > > >> the > > >> HTML Media Capture spec and there is no longer any reference to the > > >> Media > > >> Capture API on the Device API working group page ( > > >> http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/) > > >> - Media Capture and Streams (http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/) Access > to > > >> multi media streams (video camera, microphone, stored media) from a > > >> device. > > >> > > >> > > >> Thus, it seems that the Pick Media Intent would replace the Camera > apis > > for > > >> selecting existing images and video. It would add the ability to pick > > from > > >> existing audio. Perhaps it is time to dive into the Web Intents spec > > and > > >> consider implementation .... > > >> > > >> HTML Media Capture allows capturing media but it is tied to the input > > >> element. It also provides for uploading the captured data. This > > seems to > > >> have replaced the Media Capture API that we implemented. I'm not > sure > > how > > >> we can incorporate this into Cordova as there are no real apis, just > > >> attributes on the input element for the browser to implement and > provide > > >> the UI. Although this seems to be the only W3C mechanism for > accessing > > >> the still camera to capture an image! > > >> > > >> The Media Capture and Streams could replace our Media and Capture > Video > > >> apis, but this is much more complicated. It also, in my opinion, > > doesn't > > >> seem all that well baked at the moment with a fair amount of open > issues > > >> for defining some of the constants. > > >> > > >> Thus, I was a bit overwhelmed at how to address some of the Media and > > >> camera issues! I did discuss this briefly with Simon and was > relieved > > >> that he was considering the HTML apis for media as our solution for > > Media ( > > >> > > >> > > > http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/introduction-to-the-html5-audio-tag-javascript-manipulation/ > > >> ). > > >> Perhaps the best way to tackle our media is to normalize our media > > apis > > >> around the HTML Media apis. > > >> > > >> The point of this email? To capture my foray into the W3C Capture > Apis > > >> and perhaps start a discussion on the next steps for Camera, Capture > and > > >> Media apis. > > >> > > >> My next foray is into the changes to Contacts - this is now a Web > > Intent as > > >> well. > > >> > > >
