I was unfamiliar with the Mercury browser too. Not sure what tech it is based on, but by the Play store's metrics it has been downloaded between 500,000 and 1,000,000 times. This sounds like a lot, but then you look at the numbers and see that Firefox has been downloaded between 100,000,000 and 500,000,000 times. Unless your metric show a compelling reason to do otherwise I wouldn't support boutique 3rd party browsers.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ilegendsoft.mercury&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&hl=en It would be worth checking to see if the android 'built-in' browser (which is not Chrome) supports this, as it is likely much more widely used. Joseph On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM, David Burstin <[email protected]> wrote: > Mine worked on my HTC m8 using Chrome. > > What and why Mercury browser? > > On 22 October 2015 at 12:37, Kirsten Greed <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I went to the url on my android phone with it's Mercury browser but >> nothing happens when I touch Choose File >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Craig van Nieuwkerk >> *Sent:* Thursday, 22 October 2015 10:24 AM >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Re: Mobile device photos >> >> Basically all it does it bring up the camera where you can take a photo. >> Then when you do a form POST it will be submitted like a normal >> input[type=file]. It even displays a little preview of the photo next to >> the input. >> >> Open this on your phone https://jsfiddle.net/wkwq6kLz/ >> >> Craig >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have done this before. >>>> >>>> <input type="file" id="File" name="File" >>>> accept="image/*;capture=camera"> >>>> >>>> This will basically work like a standard file upload input but will use >>>> the camera to select the file. >>>> >>> >>> Goog grief! That's like black magic. So you click the button rendered >>> next to the <input> control and what happens? >>> >>> In my case it looks like the initial devices in the field will be iPads. >>> I'll read up on the expanded <input> element and make a test page and try >>> it on the weekend. >>> >>> *Greg* >>> >> >> > -- w: http://jcooney.net t: @josephcooney
