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[Michael]

Instead of uploading an avatar image it would be great if users could use their webcam to take a photo and upload it directly.

[Alyssa]

@mln83 unlike the consistency with mobile devices doing this for desktops would be a much larger undertaking that just isn’t practical for an internet application. Sorry.

[Michael]

I see what you are saying. I thought it would be quite easy with HTML5:
<input type=”file” accept=”image/*;capture=camera”>

But I guess it only works on mobile devices.

In the meantime I have found one plugin that supposedly does what I was asking for:
http://codecanyon.net/item/imagepicker-uploader-webcam-cropper/6722532

using Flash but I am not convinced that it will work on certain mobile devices.

Anyway it is interesting to note how difficult it is to make something like this cross-platform compatible 🙂

[Michael]

I wonder if the feature could be implemented on mobile device simply as:

—-Begin pseudo code—-

if ”mobile device”
<input type=”file” accept=”image/*;capture=camera”>
else
end

—-end pseudo code—-

[Michael]

I have been in contact with the developer behind ImagePicker. He is currently working on a new version that may include support for WordPress. He may also be interested in developing a version specifically for BuddyBoss. I will forward the link here:

http://codecanyon.net/item/imagepicker-uploader-webcam-cropper/6722532/comments?page=8&filter=all#comment_11221658

Best regards,
Michael

[Michael]

I see that you have added support for grabbing a profile photo using webcam in Boss 2.0.0.

This is great news! Thanks!

Keep up the good work 🙂

[Anonymous]

Thanks 🙂