Chrome is great. My brother works on the chrome team. Are you saying I can't trust my own family?
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:39 PM, DotNet Dude <adotnetd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't let Greg hear you mention Chrome :p > > > On Thursday, 22 October 2015, Kirsten Greed <kirst...@jobtalk.com.au> > wrote: > >> I think Mercury came with my phone. >> Will try installing Chrome >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Joseph Cooney >> *Sent:* Thursday, 22 October 2015 1:32 PM >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Re: Mobile device photos >> >> I was unfamiliar with the Mercury browser too. Not sure what tech it is >> based on, but by the Play store's metrics it has been downloaded between >> 500,000 and 1,000,000 times. This sounds like a lot, but then you look at >> the numbers and see that Firefox has been downloaded between 100,000,000 >> and 500,000,000 times. Unless your metric show a compelling reason to do >> otherwise I wouldn't support boutique 3rd party browsers. >> >> >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ilegendsoft.mercury&hl=en >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&hl=en >> >> It would be worth checking to see if the android 'built-in' browser >> (which is not Chrome) supports this, as it is likely much more widely used. >> >> Joseph >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM, David Burstin <david.burs...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Mine worked on my HTC m8 using Chrome. >>> >>> What and why Mercury browser? >>> >>> On 22 October 2015 at 12:37, Kirsten Greed <kirst...@jobtalk.com.au> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I went to the url on my android phone with it's Mercury browser but >>>> nothing happens when I touch Choose File >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >>>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Craig van Nieuwkerk >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, 22 October 2015 10:24 AM >>>> *To:* ozDotNet >>>> *Subject:* Re: Mobile device photos >>>> >>>> Basically all it does it bring up the camera where you can take a >>>> photo. Then when you do a form POST it will be submitted like a normal >>>> input[type=file]. It even displays a little preview of the photo next to >>>> the input. >>>> >>>> Open this on your phone https://jsfiddle.net/wkwq6kLz/ >>>> >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have done this before. >>>>>> >>>>>> <input type="file" id="File" name="File" >>>>>> accept="image/*;capture=camera"> >>>>>> >>>>>> This will basically work like a standard file upload input but will >>>>>> use the camera to select the file. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Goog grief! That's like black magic. So you click the button rendered >>>>> next to the <input> control and what happens? >>>>> >>>>> In my case it looks like the initial devices in the field will be >>>>> iPads. I'll read up on the expanded <input> element and make a test page >>>>> and try it on the weekend. >>>>> >>>>> *Greg* >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> w: http://jcooney.net >> t: @josephcooney >> > -- w: http://jcooney.net t: @josephcooney
