Chrome 21 Adds Support for Cameras, Mics, Controllers

[exfileme]

With Chrome 21, developers can create web apps that access your camera, microphone and gamepad without the need for plugins.

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[jryan388]

Build this into the HTML spec!

 

[Pherule]

SRWare Iron for primary webkit browser ftw. It has everything Chrome has minus the privacy issues. Autoupdates are also disabled, which is a very good thing, as it means YOU have control over what your browser does.

Oh and it's also open source, unlike Chrome.

 

[Cryio]

It is build into the HTML5 spec. Opera already has WebRTC for example.

 

[amigafan]

Version 21? This is getting ridiculous.
(for Firefox soon too).

 

[leafblower29]

[citation][nom]Pherule[/nom]SRWare Iron for primary webkit browser ftw. It has everything Chrome has minus the privacy issues. Autoupdates are also disabled, which is a very good thing, as it means YOU have control over what your browser does.Oh and it's also open source, unlike Chrome.[/citation]
You do realize it's just Chromium with a few check boxes removed right?

 

[victorintelr]

that's just part of the big picture. If one day you see your picture in an ad, it's probably 'cause chrome took it.

 

[rosen380]

"Version 21? This is getting ridiculous. (for Firefox soon too)."

Is it? Had they incremented by 0.5 instead of 1, they'd be at 11.0 now, would that really be less 'ridiculous'? If they went by 0.1 increments, just at 3.0. It would be the same number of updates, so what difference would it make?

As is, it seems that you are complaining that their updates [which require nothing from the user] are **too frequent**??

 

[CaedenV]

[citation][nom]rosen380[/nom]"Version 21? This is getting ridiculous. (for Firefox soon too)."Is it? Had they incremented by 0.5 instead of 1, they'd be at 11.0 now, would that really be less 'ridiculous'? If they went by 0.1 increments, just at 3.0. It would be the same number of updates, so what difference would it make?As is, it seems that you are complaining that their updates [which require nothing from the user] are **too frequent**??[/citation]
Exactly! I have been using chrome sense v11, and I cannot think of a single time that I have had to interact with the browser in any way in order to update it. I just open the browser and notice a little change here or there and think "oh, they must have updated again"... It is no big deal. What makes FF annoying is that every damn time they want to push a new version you have to interrupt what you are doing and run the stupid installer and setup, and then reinstall all of your plugins, preferences, and settings. Contrast that to Chrome which simply works, and carries over all of my preferences and plugins for each version.

 

[thecolorblue]

How about a browser that is more efficient on the RAM... where's that update?

 

[zak_mckraken]

In other news, viruses that turn on your webcam without your knowledge are on the rise.

 

[eddieroolz]

Why do we even have version numbers for Chrome anyway? We all agree it has become irrelevant.

 

[john_4]

[citation][nom]zak_mckraken[/nom]In other news, viruses that turn on your webcam without your knowledge are on the rise.[/citation]
Nothing that a small piece of electrical tape can't fix.

 

[madooo12]

so you guys trust google, the safest company and the best one to protect your privacy, that it won't use your picture in their ads or sell it to other companies

 

[rosen380]

...anymore than anyone trusts facebook, instagram, snapfish, etc with the billions of pictures uploaded to those sites daily? What are people doing in front of their low res webcams that a company is going to want to use in their advertising?

I think it is more likely that they'd be checking webcams for people having sex to start voyeur.google.com...

Anyways, on my Dell laptop there is a little led next to the camera that indicates that it is on, so it's not like I wouldn't know that *someone* is watching...

 

[captaincharisma]

[citation][nom]jryan388[/nom]Build this into the HTML spec![/citation]

oh hell no. last thing we need is going to websites where they automatically turn on webcams

 

[captaincharisma]

[citation][nom]amigafan[/nom]Version 21? This is getting ridiculous.(for Firefox soon too).[/citation]

i am on the dev build and on 22. google must be getting slow

 

[scythe944]

works fine in chrome 20 with the flag enabled...

 

[freggo]

[citation][nom]rosen380[/nom]"Version 21? This is getting ridiculous. (for Firefox soon too)."Is it? Had they incremented by 0.5 instead of 1, they'd be at 11.0 now, would that really be less 'ridiculous'? If they went by 0.1 increments, just at 3.0. It would be the same number of updates, so what difference would it make?As is, it seems that you are complaining that their updates [which require nothing from the user] are **too frequent**??[/citation]

Little programming background for ya...

.1 increments traditionally denote 'minor updates, fixes and changes'.
1.xx 2.xx 3.xx etc are MAJOR changes.

Apparently Browsers now have MAJOR changes every 30 days... just a load of PR bull.

 

[rosen380]

Sure, but Google is free to make their numbering scheme however they see fit, correct? They are free to decide what is a major vs minor update, correct?

Had they called each ~monthly update a minor update, then they could have gone .1, .2, .3 ... .11, and then once a year gone up a full increment.

Whether they did that or count each update as a major update doesn't change how frequently it is happening. My only point is that in ten years, when we are on Chrome 142 or whatever, it isn't a ridiculous version number just because it is bigger than typical version numbers.