Re: CfC: Last Call for HTML Media Capture; deadline Dec 1st

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com> wrote:

> I am personally also not sure that putting the capture hint in the MIME
> type is really the right way to go. It certainly complicates the processing
> model of <input accept> as UI hint quite a bit. (I.e. from simple string
> comparisons to full blown MIME type parsing, including figuring out what to
> do with unknown parameters, parse errors in parameters, etc.)
>
I agree.  Communicating this information through the MIME type feels like a
hack, when we could just as easily add a capture="camera" attribute on
<input>.

- Kyle

Received on Thursday, 18 November 2010 17:15:49 UTC