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This blog post introduces a bookmarklet utilizing the EyeDropper API for quickly grabbing color information in Chromium-based desktop browsers. The bookmarklet simplifies color selection by opening the eyedropper tool and returning the chosen color's sRGBHex value in an alert box. A link to a related blog post about creating a similar Chrome extension is also included.

This post provides a quick way to retrieve and filter the list of Blink components from a JSON file hosted by Chromium. The provided JavaScript snippets demonstrate how to fetch and process the component list, filtering for entries that begin with "Bli". The next step is figuring out how to programmatically get a list of OWNERS.

Chrome 81 finally fixes a long-standing bug where images taken in portrait mode on phones were displayed in landscape. Now, images will respect the orientation from the EXIF data by default, unless overridden with the CSS attribute image-orientation: none. Check out the demo!

The Pixel 4 XL's infrared camera, used for face detection, can be accessed through the standard getUserMedia API. A live demo showcasing this can be found at the provided link. Using the IR camera via getUserMedia blocks the phone's face unlock feature. This post invites readers to brainstorm potential applications of user-accessible infrared camera capabilities. An update mentions Francois Beafort's contribution to Blink, adding 'infrared' to the camera name if the device supports it, making camera identification more convenient.

While building a web-based video editor, I encountered an issue with handling multiple video tracks in a MediaStream. I wanted to switch between different video sources (desktop and webcam) on a single video element without interrupting the MediaRecorder. Attempting to do this by toggling the 'selected' property on the videoTracks object of the video element failed. The videoTracks array only contains the first video track added to the MediaStream, even though the stream itself contains both tracks. This prevents seamless switching between sources within the video element.

Installing Chrome for Android directly onto an emulator isn't possible, as it's only available via the Play Store. However, you can install the Chromium Test Shell, an open-source, functional version of Chromium without Chrome's usual interface. Although it lacks features like bookmarking and sync, it supports remote debugging. Find recent builds online and install them via adb. I've even created a script to automate downloading, extracting, and installing the latest Chromium Test Shell build, available on GitHub.