Re: User Interaction API (was: Rechartering Device APIs & Policy Working Group)

Examples are :
- vibration
- lights
- sound-based notifications
- change UI elements such as wallpaper
- chrome elements (e.g. menus, title bar, etc)
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From: "Robin Berjon" <robin@berjon.com>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 3:43 AM
To: "Bryan Sullivan" <blsaws@gmail.com>
Cc: "Dominique Hazael-Massieux" <dom@w3.org>; "public-device-apis" 
<public-device-apis@w3.org>
Subject: User Interaction API (was: Rechartering Device APIs & Policy 
Working Group)

> Hi,
>
> On Feb 2, 2011, at 17:04 , Bryan Sullivan wrote:
>> - User Interaction API (API to to manage vibration, beeps, and menus)
>
> From what I've been hearing about this the primary complaint about this 
> API is that it is too fuzzy in scope. So if it stays, it has to be really 
> neatly delineated. To me this points to splitting out the various 
> component, and scoping them individually. I can see how a Vibration API 
> could be useful (for gaming, and not just on mobiles but also with game 
> controllers or anything that might provide feedback), and that should be 
> decided on its own singled out merit rather than bundled into a vague "UI" 
> category.
>
> We've also had suggestions for menuing. One participant in this group had 
> ideas (that haven't been discussed), and I suggested something that could 
> rely on the HTML <menu> element (but for which I haven't specified a 
> security model, which is in itself an issue).
>
> So what would be the individual components here?
>
> -- 
> Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/
>
>
>
>

Received on Wednesday, 9 February 2011 09:14:58 UTC