On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Alexis Menard <alexis.men...@openbossa.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Andrei Popescu <andr...@google.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Brett Wilson <bre...@chromium.org> wrote: >>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Holger Freyther <ze...@selfish.org> wrote: >>>> On 06/15/2011 06:11 PM, laszlo.1.gom...@nokia.com wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> The use-case for us is to enable content developers to implement >>>>> rudimentary power management (e.g. to stop "expensive" operations on the >>>>> page, perhaps save state). I'm not sure if this API is really meant for >>>>> accurately reporting all the possible power management states of the >>>>> system as Anssi pointed out. >>>> >>>> Okay, point on complexity taken. My question is what if you want to add >>>> complexity, is there something in the event that prevents that (I have no >>>> idea >>>> about DOM compatibility issues)? Don't get me wrong I think having more >>>> device >>>> support is great. >>>> >>>> My other complain was, it is too simple. E.g. 'isPlugged' has no guarantee >>>> that the battery is getting charged. Is this a problem? >>> >>> Why would a web page care about whether the battery is being charged >>> when the device is plugged in? >>> >> >> Because it would know not to start doing things that drain the >> battery. For instance, powering up a 3G antenna to download your >> latest emails could be annoying to users if the battery level is too >> low. 3G takes quite a bit of power and the device would be in danger >> of powering down. > > But if the phone is plugged in it can't power down. Most of modern > phones don't switch off anymore even if you have the battery low and > you play games, surf WiFi, go 3G as soon as you plugged it in. What > Brett meant is that it's useless to know that the battery is charging > while the phone is plugged in, you just want to know that it will not > switch off in any case so you can do whatever you want. >
Ugh, you're right, I just misunderstood Brett's question :) In fact, as Holger points out, "isPlugged" actually implies that the battery is being charged. Andrei >> webkit-dev mailing list >> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >> > > > > -- > Alexis Menard > Software Engineer > INdT Recife Brazil > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
