Have you all heard about the HTML 5.1 <camera> element? This proposed new element is likely to hit the scenes in the next generation of browsers.

The <camera> element complements elements such as <video> and <audio> to allow a website to easily connect a website to the user's web-cam. The genius's at the WC3 have decided that it is far too difficult to connect anonymous cameras to a website, which currently requires programming in Flash or Java, as well as the user's authorization. It is just too many steps, which is why this is such a great new thing.

Think about how easy it is going to be in the future to quickly implement video chat with your users, with only a few lines of HTML code.

Internet Explorer, on the other hand, has proposed its own proprietary element, the <capture>, which does some of the same things, but is unfortunately not going to allow easy integration with <video> and <audio> elements. So it is unfortunate that we may not have true browser compatibility for a number of years, but I suppose someone will come up with a workaround.

Another nail in Adobe's coffin and even before 5.0 is ready. Considering the post date I am a complete believer.

I think this will be very useful for spying on my users seeing how it can be done without permission. That is awesome.

HAr Harrr
Almost as good as the
<crash> and <opencd> tags.

yes, I forgot to mention those tags, though I think the <crash> tag is only being implemented in IE.

Originally Posted by wayfarer07

yes, I forgot to mention those tags, though I think the <crash> tag is only being implemented in IE.

Lol "being".
Hasnt IE had the <crash> tag for years?

Yes, but now we can control it:

<crash>
<!--content that IE can't manage-->
</crash>

I don't know, that seems like one of that tags that just won't make it through if you ask me... There would have to be some sort of user control over it to even allow this, otherwise there are some serious morality issues.