Re: Network info uses cases

On Wednesday 18 December 2013 at 13:43, Mounir Lamouri wrote:
> This is the reason why the Network Information API was trying to provide
> the tools to be able to get the real information the applications were
> actually looking for. Another approach would be to have very high level
> APIs to access those information. I think Tobie proposed something like
> that on twitter. Anyhow, we should answer the real questions or give the
> tools to answer them, not fulfil short sighted use cases.

Yeah, actually I wrote about this twice on the DAP mailing list. Once in December 2012:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2012Dec/0046.html

and again, in December 2013:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-mobile/2013Dec/0034.html

Hopefully, this will get fixed before December 2014. :D

--tobie

Received on Thursday, 19 December 2013 20:51:33 UTC