Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Taking pics in Chrome OS

Not having an account picture, one of the first things I wanted to do with Chrome OS was spruce up my online profile.  Unfortunately, there seems to be a bug with Flash permissions that's breaking capture apps like PicMeQuick. Good thing Jason Michalski found a workaround! Here's how to get the PicMeQuick app (or any SWF program) to play nice with Chrome OS, after the break.
  1. View the page source, and load the SWF file manually.  Here's the file for PicMeQuick.
  2. With just the SWF file loaded, grant permissions in Adobe Flash.
  3. Head over to the Flash Player: Settings Manager, find the site, and set to always allow.
  4. Log out of Chrome OS, log back in, and launch the desired application.
The full application should now have access to your webcam!


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