What ? HTML Device, this is new element of HTML that control the device, the device element represents a device selector , to allow the user to give the page access to a device, for example a video camera. Device element is part of HTML version 5, HTML Device will extend browser to access the device, the keyword of the device element including, media, fs, and rs232. Media itself including a webcam, while fs is for file system for accessing a usb-connected media player, and for rs232 is RS232 device for serial port.

Long Journey
While it is draft on HTML 5, the browser itself should update their capability to work with the device element, the potential side to access device through HTML is like a knife, it could be use as positif side and it could be use as negative impact. Before the element can work with the browser, there are long journey to implement and to accept this technology to all browser. True, adobe currently can control a webcam, but the adobe itself is the web application that still separated code from HTML. This could be the battle of HTML and Adobe, and vice versa, and when allowing HTML to access the device, browser should increase the security code to analyze the impact of black code to gain access through this device element.