On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>wrote: > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Justin Uberti <juberti@google.com> wrote: > > Blocking HTTPS makes it impossible to share a Google Docs doc or > > presentation > > > > Look, this is a hard problem, and we've come to a point where use of the > > screensharing feature in Chrome requires jumping through a hoop (i.e. > > installing an extension), but not a ridiculously difficult one. I suspect > > that web applications will find fairly elegant ways to incorporate this > into > > their flow. > > It's not just the Chrome extension that you need - you will need one > for every browser. Also, what do you do on mobile devices? There is > nothing elegant about installing browser extensions. > Developers are pretty good at making do with what is available. I've seen some pretty slick demos that show you can build a nice experience even with the current state of affairs. > > WebRTC brings the promise to not have to deal with extensions and > screensharing is a core feature of video conferencing applications. It > just makes no sense to me to ignore this requirement for WebRTC and > push it into a browser extension. It's a step back in technology. I > think we need to think harder about how to solve this problem in a way > that makes it part of the Web platform. I think we've given up too > quickly. > I don't think anyone's given up. It's just that it's not the only problem to solve right now.
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