Re: [whatwg] Do we really need to introduce a element for giving access to webcams and mikes?

2010-05-03 Thread Julien Cayzac
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Julien Cayzac wrote: > I am not sure if I get your point here: are you saying that using the > webcam locally in a canvas and somehow transmitting the webcam video > over the network are two independent permissions to grant? If so, how > would you detect the latter

Re: [whatwg] Do we really need to introduce a element for giving access to webcams and mikes?

2010-05-03 Thread Julien Cayzac
(forgot to do a Reply to all on this one. Sorry, Anne, for the duplicate) On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > What is the model for protecting user privacy here? It was in my message: "in both cases the browser should notify the user the page is requesting permission to a

Re: [whatwg] Do we really need to introduce a element for giving access to webcams and mikes?

2010-05-03 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Tue, 04 May 2010 11:01:14 +0900, Julien Cayzac wrote: I've been reading lately about the new proposed element, and was wondering if it was needed at all. IMHO, a video originating from an attached camera is not different from a video originating from the network, so could be used here. Dis

[whatwg] Do we really need to introduce a element for giving access to webcams and mikes?

2010-05-03 Thread Julien Cayzac
Hi, I've been reading lately about the new proposed element, and was wondering if it was needed at all. IMHO, a video originating from an attached camera is not different from a video originating from the network, so could be used here. Displaying the webcam in a page could be done like this:

Re: [whatwg] Real-time networking in web applications and games

2010-05-03 Thread Mark Frohnmayer
Hey all, In continuation of the effort to make browsers a home for real-time peer to peer applications and games without a plugin, I've done a bit of digging on the spec. Currently the spec contains section 4.11.6.2 (Peer-to-peer connections) that appears to present a high-level peer-to-peer api