totally vote thread
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: > Do we need a vote thread or something to get API changes/updates approved? > What's the right way to go about this? > > In terms of issues and whatnot its clear (docs first, then JS API, then > finally native implementations) but I'm more wondering about the > discussion/voting/API change process. > > On 12-02-02 1:58 PM, "Brian LeRoux" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>+1 orientationchange api >> >>(should file a jira to make note of all this in the docs) >> >>On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The deviceorientation event is a W3C spec, whereas the orientationchange >>> event is an apple standard I believe >>> >>> >>>http://developer.apple.com/library/IOs/#documentation/AppleApplications/R >>>ef >>> erence/SafariWebContent/HandlingEvents/HandlingEvents.html >>> >>> I am generally in favour of following the w3c however I personally like >>> the orientationchange event API better... D: >>> >>> >>> On 12-02-02 12:41 PM, "Jesse" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>No, not to that spec. However it is mentioned in the section: >>>>"... may be able to do so with the existing *orientationchange* event." >>>> >>>>Overall, it is a much simpler API where: >>>>a) window.orientation holds the current value of one of [0,90,-90,180] >>>>b) window fires orientationchange event when it changes >>>> >>>>Currently consistent in BB-WW, iOS, Android, WP7 >>>> >>>>In PhoneGap, the ability to generate the event may be governed by other >>>>platform specific ways of defining what orientations the application >>>>supports. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Drew Walters <[email protected]> >>>>wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Is this implemented according to this spec or something different? >>>>> >>>>> http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source-orientation.html >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > Im sure it's all doable on the platforms, the question being posed >>>>>is >>>>> > "should this be part of the core cordova API?" >>>>> > >>>>> > I'm for it. >>>>> > >>>>> > If it's a yay, then we need to >>>>> > >>>>> > 1. Update the docs >>>>> > 2. Update cordova-js >>>>> > 3. Add support to each platform >>>>> > >>>>> > On 12-02-02 11:23 AM, "Jesse" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >WP7 also supports this event via PhoneGap + polyfill. >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > >On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > > >>>>> > >> on iOS it is supported on the UIWebView 4.2.x and greater but we >>>>> > >> polyfill support for iOS 3.x (which we are planning to remove >>>>>support >>>>> > >> for, don't know exactly when, 1.5 is as good as any time) >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >> > Are we supporting this as part of our API? Apparently iOS >>>>>supports >>>>it >>>>> > >> whereas im pretty sure most other platforms do not. >>>>> > >> > >>>>> > >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-213 >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> >
