Re: Web Audio API spec review

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On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Olli Pettay <Olli.Pettay@helsinki.fi>wrote:

> On 05/15/2012 07:00 PM, Alistair MacDonald wrote:
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>> Is the reason that the Web Audio API has been implemented for longer time?
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>> I would say no. The reviews from companies I saw were after a
>> MediaStreams build and documentation were available.
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>>  This is the part I'm not really aware of. What industry and why?
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>> Primarily game and music companies. Only games companies, to my
>> knowledge, made an effort to review the specs.
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> So some important feedback is clearly missing.
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>> The Web Audio API's features were closer to the needs of the industry
>> members that contacted the group. When companies contacted me about
>> the work, I asked them to review both specs;
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> Are the reviews available somewhere?
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>  however they chose not to
>> review the MediaStreams API because it was not a good fit for the
>> kinds of projects they work on.
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>> One of the most desired features/complaints was real streaming support
>> from the Web Audio API, so that developers do not have to download
>> content up-front, especially important in low-bandwidth situations.
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>> Hope that helps
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>> --
>> Al
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Received on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:55:52 UTC