Re: VideoFacingModeEnum clarity

On Jul 16, 2013, at 8:29 AM, Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> wrote:

> On 07/11/2013 08:12 PM, Martin Thomson wrote:
>> The descriptions of "left" and "right" could be confusing.
>> 
>> Current:
>> The source is facing to the right of the user.
>> 
>> Proposed:
>> The source is facing to the user's left.
>> 
>> Note that under this definition, the source identified as "left" is
>> displayed to the right, unless video is being mirrored for self-view.
>> 
>> 
> I don't see any way to make this clear without a drawing. CLUE has been having an awful time with this kind of thing.
> 
> I think the current text corresponds to the following drawing (which will only make sense in fixed width):
> 
> 
>                           \    /
>                            \  /
>                          environment
>                                    
>       left                  user             right
>        / \                  / \               / \
>       /   \                /   \             /   \
> 
>                              A
>                             +-+   
>                             +-+
> 
> with the bottom of the picture being an user's head, nose on top.
> 
> Someone who knows how to create SVG will probably have to make one and insert it.
> 

Assign a bug to me on that one and I will create the SVG for that. 

Received on Wednesday, 24 July 2013 07:19:40 UTC