- From: Tobie Langel <tobie@fb.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:10:41 +0000
- To: "Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com" <Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com>, "anssi.kostiainen@nokia.com" <anssi.kostiainen@nokia.com>
- CC: "nn.murthy@cmcltd.com" <nn.murthy@cmcltd.com>, "public-device-apis@w3.org" <public-device-apis@w3.org>, "fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net" <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
On 11/27/12 8:25 PM, "Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com" <Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com> wrote: >Anssi > >> In line with this clarification, I renamed the generic term "A still >>image capture device" to a specific term "A camera" in the "Capture >>control type" column for the "camera" keyword. > >I think the change removing 'still image capture device' undoes what >the working group agreed, which is that the camera key word can include >scanners etc. > >I would suggest reverting the change , especially as it did reflect >consensus > >I could suggest a minor change "A still image capture device, including >cameras, scanners etc." As previously mentioned[1], I'm confused about this. If the intention is that the `camera` keyword embodies every possible still image capture device (and similarly for camcorder and microphone), then why don't we just have a boolean that indicates whether live capture is preferred over filesystem access, as fantasai suggested? E.g.: <input type=file accept="img/*" preferlivecapture> Else, if we want to leave open the possibility of being more specific later (e.g. front-facing camera, scanners, etc.) what will `camera` mean then? For example, on a device with two cameras, (front and back) and a scanner will `camera` mean all three? Any of the two cameras? Just the main (back?) one? How would one refer to the main/back camera alone? Etc. Thanks, --tobie --- [1]: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2012Nov/0062.html
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