ya. slippery ground. the orig query, and valid one at that imo, is how to find out if we have any camera, or two.
window.device.capabilities.camera // returns ... an array? an integer? On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > Hmm so then standardizing the .capabilities object becomes the hard part? > > On 10/19/12 4:56 PM, "Shazron" <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>We already have the window.device object -- we can tack on a >>window.device.capabilities object that could contain the boolean >>properties or something. >> >>On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >>> I dunno, I think this is independent of the current APIs. (More than >>> one API we have deals w/ Cameras for example.) Seems like we want more >>> nuance than boolean too (consider front && back camera). We are >>> definitely talking about hardware/sensors detection. >>> >>> Not loving the w3c cc/pp spec, that RDF business looks hairy, I think >>> we need something more approachable like you describe. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: >>>> Tack on a .yep boolean onto every API surface? >>>> >>>> On 10/19/12 2:25 PM, "Brian LeRoux" <b...@brian.io> wrote: >>>> >>>>>Community member Ian has noticed our lack of a capabilities api, and >>>>>ignoring the snipe at our foresight, I do agree its a missing piece in >>>>>the web platform. [1] >>>>> >>>>>There is some prior art. >>>>> >>>>>- Media queries have a couple of interesting APIs (matchMedia [2], >>>>>window.devicePixelRatio, and potentially a future >>>>>navigator.supportsCSS). >>>>>- Flash has a comprehensive capabilities API. [3] >>>>>- The W3C has a somewhat unwieldy take on this issue. [4] It should >>>>>be noted that a new working group at the w3c called sysapps will be >>>>>addressing this. >>>>>- Tizen has a System Info API (which I'd link to but cannot). >>>>> >>>>>Does anyone have any thoughts on how we should structure / develop out >>>>>the ability for our users to query the device capbilities? >>>>> >>>>>[1] https://twitter.com/iandevlin/status/259309546969903104 >>>>>[2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/window.matchMedia >>>>>[3] >>>>>http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flas >>>>>h/s >>>>>ystem/Capabilities.html >>>>>[4] http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-CCPP-struct-vocab2-20070430/ >>>> >
