[webkit-dev] New feature flag proposal: Joystick API

[James Robinson]

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Alexey Proskuryakov <ap at webkit.org> wrote:

>
> I share Simon's concern that that providing low level access to every
> possible controller creates fragmentation, with purportedly "HTML" content
> that only works on a few devices. There is no clear cut border here - it's
> been mentioned that even touch events can be seen as rare - and then I
> advocate that adding more mouse specific events is a bad idea for the same
> reason.
>
> As we add joystick/gamepad support, should steering wheels be next on the
> agenda? 3d mice?
>

Would you mind raising this concern in the relevant standards body (in this
case, webevents-public at w3.org seems to be relevant)?  Debating issues with
standards on webkit-dev is unproductive - it does not include all parties
who have an interest, in particular other browser vendors and web
developers, and it does include a lot of WebKit developers who probably
aren't interested.

- James




>  - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov
>
> 06.10.2011, в 10:01, Darin Fisher написал(а):
>
> This proposal has matured somewhat, so an update is in order.
>
> FYI:
> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webevents/raw-file/default/gamepad.html
> http://www.w3.org/2010/webevents/charter/2011/Overview.html
>
> We are working behind the ENABLE(GAMEPAD) flag at the moment.  Mozilla is
> also building a prototype of this API.
>
> We are doing development on the trunk (disabled by default) so that we can
> more easily solicit game developers for feedback using our existing Chrome
> distribution channels.  This feature should have a very light touch on
> existing cross platform code.
>
> We encourage folks to share feedback on the API design to
> webevents-public at w3.org.
>
> Regards,
> -Darin
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Simon Fraser <simon.fraser at apple.com>wrote:
>
>> I think it's too early to implement this. We should wait until it's a W3C
>> draft at least.
>>
>> window.addEventListener("MozJoyConnected"..), really?
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2011, at 8:36 AM, Scott Graham wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I wanted to let everyone know that I propose to add a new feature
>> > flag, JOYSTICK. http://webkit.org/b/66859
>> >
>> > This flag will enable an API and events for accessing joysticks and
>> > related devices. There's a prototype effort happening in Mozilla also
>> > (https://wiki.mozilla.org/JoystickAPI), and the design is intended to
>> > be similar.
>> >
>> > As it will not necessarily make sense for all ports, nor be
>> > implemented immediately in all ports, a feature flag seems
>> > appropriate.
>> >
>> > Please let me know if you have any concerns or comments.
>> >
>> > Thanks
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