I think Google is going away from WebIntents.
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:01 PM, 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. > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Intel Corporation SAS (French simplified joint stock company) > Registered headquarters: "Les Montalets"- 2, rue de Paris, > 92196 Meudon Cedex, France > Registration Number: 302 456 199 R.C.S. NANTERRE > Capital: 4,572,000 Euros > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution > by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. > > -- ____________________________ Paul Plaquette, Senior Software Engineer Intel Corporation SAS Open source Technology Center - OTC France, Montpellier
