By far the funniest April Fool's prank that came across ITWeb's newsdesk was Opera Software's announcement of a new “innovation” to be included in Opera 10 - Face Gestures.
The company claimed Face Gestures would enable anyone with a Webcam to control their browser by moving only their face. “Based on the same architecture as Opera's Mouse Gestures, Face Gestures makes surfing the Web as easy as smiling, batting an eyelash or flaring a nostril,” the company said.
Opera said Face Gestures includes over 45 controls, allowing users all sorts of functionality, from opening new tabs and restoring sessions, to navigating through a Web page. It said Gestures is so advanced, users can compose and send an entire e-mail message through its built-in e-mail client.
The company claimed Opera Face Gestures was born from a collaborative project between Opera and the Norwegian Intelligence Service to create the world's most advanced facial recognition technology using only JavaScript, HTML and CSS, and took seven years to develop.
For more information, and to see the various expressions used to drive Opera Face Gestures, click here.
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