(In reply to Jan-Ivar Bruaroey [:jib] (needinfo? me) from comment #16) > Great! Do we have any plans to build the same great feature for our Windows and Linux users? No plans at this time, but I certainly think it'd be good to be consistent across platforms where possible. > Hmm, so a site with persistent camera/mic permission can circumvent browser mute—unmute itself—just by stopping both tracks and reacquiring them? That seems surprising, and could be a privacy issue. Perhaps. They'll still need to go through the device selection / permission flow, so the user will still at least be aware that the devices are being reacquired. > Sorry I meant s/appearance/presence/ - it seems a bit odd, and not clear about which control is in charge. We suspect that the always-on-top nature of the indicator will make it clear that it is ultimately in charge. > I worry it's already going to be a challenge to look at the screen and tell whether I'm muted or not. Possibly, but UX doesn't think this will be a problem. I'm still waiting on the spec from shorlander, but will proceed according to plan.
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(In reply to Jan-Ivar Bruaroey [:jib] (needinfo? me) from comment #16) > Great! Do we have any plans to build the same great feature for our Windows and Linux users? No plans at this time, but I certainly think it'd be good to be consistent across platforms where possible. So maybe someday? > Hmm, so a site with persistent camera/mic permission can circumvent browser mute—unmute itself—just by stopping both tracks and reacquiring them? That seems surprising, and could be a privacy issue. Perhaps. They'll still need to go through the device selection / permission flow, so the user will still at least be aware that the devices are being reacquired. > Sorry I meant s/appearance/presence/ - it seems a bit odd, and not clear about which control is in charge. We suspect that the always-on-top nature of the indicator will make it clear that it is ultimately in charge. > I worry it's already going to be a challenge to look at the screen and tell whether I'm muted or not. Possibly, but UX doesn't think this will be a problem. I'm still waiting on the spec from shorlander, but will proceed according to plan.