Re: Question on pip api

Hi Frank,

That looks pretty close to what I was imagining! Thanks!
Any trial implementations?

Thanks,
Silvia.

On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 7:04 AM Frank Liberato <liberato@google.com> wrote:

> Hi Silvia
>
> Sorry for the delay -- I am just working through email from vacation.
>
> > Are there any plans to change the API to allow any element to go PIP?
>
> We're working on a newer version of PiP that allows arbitrary web
> content.  The explainer
> <https://github.com/steimelchrome/document-pip-explainer/blob/main/explainer.md> goes
> into a bit more detail, but TL;DR: the site may open a PiP window that has
> its own document, and can add / move elements to it as it sees fit.  Please
> give it a read and let us know what you think!
>
> Thanks
> Frank
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 4:29 PM Elad Alon <eladalon@google.com> wrote:
>
>> Pulling @Frank Liberato <liberato@google.com> and @Tommy Steimel
>> <steimel@google.com> into this thread.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 10:38 PM Silvia Pfeiffer <
>> silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> We've recently found the picture in picture API to be of limited use.
>>> I'm wondering what the experience of others is with it.
>>>
>>> It's great to have the picture in picture API - it allows a video call
>>> to sit on top of apps so people can get their work done without losing
>>> visual contact with their video peer.
>>>
>>> However, the API only allows a single video element into the overlay.
>>> That's very limiting, particularly on multipeer calls.
>>>
>>> Are there any plans to change the API to allow any element to go PIP?
>>> Similar to how we changed the full screen API to apply to any element?
>>>
>>> Curious about other people's thoughts.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Silvia.
>>>
>>>
>
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