On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Scott Graham <scot...@chromium.org> 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.
The API they're advocating for over in mozilla-land is strange. Why not an <input> type or other element with DOM events firing from it? Handling connection/disconnection seems like it shouldn't be necessary in the common case. Further API can be then hung off of the element, avoiding warts like permission prompts in most cases. > 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 > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
