Re: Vibration API strength (weaker/stronger)

Michael, what do you mean with specific on/off patterns?
http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/vibration/ has nothing mentionned about it.

Binyamin


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Michael van Ouwerkerk <
mvanouwerkerk@chromium.org> wrote:

> Note that while intensity is not controllable with this API, you can
> increase duration and design specific on/off patterns. Not the same, but it
> may help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:15 PM, <7raivis@inbox.lv> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Frederick, for your feedback!
>> Vibration strength control would improve UX, it is like to control sound
>> volume. It shocks on starting loud music or strong vibration. If it would
>> have option to start from peaceful quiet music, weak vibration, it would
>> make a obviously strongly better UX. Old GSM devices still has such a
>> examples.
>>
>> Binyamin
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:44 PM, <Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Please note that varying vibration strength may be beyond the goals of
>>> this specification. The introduction states:
>>>
>>>  "The API is specifically designed to address use cases that require
>>> simple tactile feedback only. Use cases requiring more fine-grained control
>>> are out of scope for this specification. This API is not meant to be used
>>> as a generic notification mechanism. "
>>>
>>>  It seems that varying strength is a complication that is not needed to
>>> provide 'simple tactile feedback. What is the use case for adding vibration
>>> strength and which implementations would support this?
>>>
>>>    regards, Frederick
>>>
>>>  Frederick Hirsch
>>> Nokia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:42 AM, ext 7raivis@inbox.lv wrote:
>>>
>>>  בע"ה
>>>
>>>
>>>  Why the Vibration API http://www.w3.org/TR/vibration/ does not have
>>> such a thing as strength (weaker/stronger)? I think it is an important
>>> thing to add.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Binyamin
>>>
>>>
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