Re: [magnetic field event] Proposal for magnetic field event from Rick Waldron on 2012-12-28 (public-device-apis@w3.org from December 2012)

From: Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:59:27 -0500
To: Doug Turner <dougt@mozilla.com>
Cc: Ray You <ryou@mozilla.com>, "public-device-apis@w3.org" <public-device-apis@w3.org>, "doug.turner@gmail.com" <doug.turner@gmail.com>, Thinker Lee <tlee@mozilla.com>, Marco Chen <mchen@mozilla.com>, "bj-b2g@mozilla.com" <bj-b2g@mozilla.com>
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On Friday, December 28, 2012, Doug Turner wrote:

> On 12/28/12 10:40 AM, Rick Waldron wrote:
> > These APIs absolutely need to move away from copying the
> > DeviceOrientation and DeviceMotion specs.
>
> I disagree.  I think for the sake of consistency, we should follow the
> pattern.


>
Just because there is a pattern, doesnt make it the right pattern. The
design is wrong and ill-fitting for JavaScript programs. Dispatching events
to an irrelevant global object is a sloppy and misguided approach that will
fail hard once there is more then on of any sensor type.

Rick



> Doug
>

Received on Friday, 28 December 2012 18:59:53 UTC