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Bug 1149979
Opened 10 years ago
Closed 10 years ago
HTML5 video controls show up as a floating window that cannot be moved on Linux
Categories
(Core :: WebRTC, defect)
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RESOLVED
WONTFIX
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(Reporter: nekohayo, Unassigned)
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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Fedora; Linux x86_64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0
Build ID: 20150321201428
Steps to reproduce:
Just use any room on https://appear.in
Actual results:
Floating window instead of controls in the address bar
See attached screenshot on Fedora (any version)
Expected results:
This used to work roughly a year ago and then stopped working properly with newer versions of Firefox.
P.s.: this is not an April Fool's joke. Merely that it took me months to bother reporting this because I thought it was so obvious that it must've been reported all over the place, but surprisingly I didn't find any reports about this.
It's because Firefox is sharing your micro and webcam devices via a WebRTC application, it's a notification for the user.
Component: Untriaged → WebRTC
Product: Firefox → Core
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Comment 2•10 years ago
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My point is that this used to be in the address bar, not floating in an immovable always-on-top window...
Comment 3•10 years ago
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This was added (with slight variations in different platforms due to OS/UX style) to better comply with the security/privacy requirements of the getUserMedia spec. We (and the WG) want to ensure that the user can't lose track of the fact that the camera or mic is active and under the control of an application (which may not be trusted or fully trusted). The address bar is both much less noticeable (many users probably don't even see the icon there when the camera/mic is in use, or have any idea it's tied to camera/mic usage), and can be lost/hidden-behind-other-windows/apps by mistake (or with the help of a shady application).
You could file a bug on being able to drag the indicator in order to get at what's underneath it. (IIRC in some early versions it was draggable, but is not currently).
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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