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Note that Chrome (or the application) chooses to reverse the self-view so that it acts like a mirror, whereas Firefox (or its application) chooses to display wh
by Jabbles 14y ago
Note that Chrome (or the application) chooses to reverse the self-view so that it acts like a mirror, whereas Firefox (or its application) chooses to display what the other person sees.
It's a hard choice to make.
- timdorr 14y agoActually, not really. It's all HTML 5 video elements on the page, so this is all you need: .mirrored { transform: scaleX(-1); } And you can make a button to add/remove that class as needed. However, I do hope the implementations are consistent as to which way it flips the video.
- bajsejohannes 14y agoChanging it is easy. Adding options is an easy way to avoid choices. But Jabbles' point still remains: It's a hard choice to make.
- untog 14y agoI don't think it's a hard choice for the browser to make- send the data as it is captured by the camera. How that is displayed is something else, but as timdorr demonstrates, it's not difficult to toggle.
- criley 14y agoIt's a hard choice for the human who has to pick one or the other and justify that decision.
- untog 14y agoIn what way? The developer should have no problem justifying the decision. "It's what the camera sensor sees". I absolutely understand the application in webchat and why you would want it to be mirrored at a page level, but I'm at a loss to understand why the browser implementation would try to reflect that.
- wubbfindel 14y ago"reflect" tsk boom!
- robotmay 14y agoI agree that it's a hard choice; I had to make this exact choice last week when working on a video chat service. Possibly because of the nature of the service (tutoring/teaching) it felt incredibly unnatural to see a non-mirrored image of myself. I tried it out both ways and it really did feel quite peculiar, and I had a hard time figuring out my own movements (kinda like trying to shave using two mirrors).
- mweibel 14y agoThe last time I tried this it also flipped the controls. Is this still the case?
- cpeterso 14y agoAre there any usability studies on video self-views? What are the precedents from other video conferencing software like Apple's FaceTime and Google Hangouts?
- tripzilch 14y agoI expect it heavily depends on the application, context and user role. So it's a great thing to offer developers the choice of whether to mirror or not.
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- TranceMan 14y agoWhy are they different?
- justinvoss 14y agoBecause then the thumbnail where you see your own face behaves more like a real-world mirror, which is easier to reason about if you want to adjust your position.
- joshred 14y agoWhy would you make it a mirror image? If they have anything written out it would be backwards.