Re: Device Orientation specification co-editor

Hey guys,

really glad to hear that you'll both be taking on the co-editing of this 
spec! 8)

If there's anything I can do to help please let me know. We'd definitely 
be happy to contribute feedback on the javascript examples and we also 
have a range of animations and 3D phone models already setup that could 
easily be used to visually annotate the spec.

In terms of enhancements I think there's two key areas that would be 
good to look into.

First, it would be great if the API also supported data in a format 
other than just Euler angles. e.g. As a Quaternion and/or a Rotation 
Matrix. NOTE: On the topic of Quaternions, I also found this interesting 
post linked from inside some of the three.js documentation 
http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/technical/math-and-physics/do-we-really-need-quaternions-r1199 
- but I'm sure you guys know a lot more about this topic than I do.

Second, the "original orientation" point that Rich raised a few weeks 
ago would be great to clarify. If different devices provide a different 
reference frame then we will end up back in the same "confused UX" 
situation we have been in recently 8(

Also, it seems that the latest Firefox Beta on Android now implements 
the spec more accurately so we've removed the special code fork we had 
for that now. So this means we just need to remove the jumpiness from 
the Opera implementation and then the three leading browsers on Android 
are all in a workable state - w00t!

roBman


On 3/02/14 9:11 AM, Rich Tibbett wrote:
> Hi Tim, Dom,
>
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org> wrote:
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> On ven., 2014-01-31 at 13:30 +0000, Tim Volodine wrote:
>>> I would also be willing to co-edit the Device Orientation/Motion
>>> specification. I have played a major part in implementing Device
>>> Motion in Chrome, as well as making sure that our Device Orientation
>>> implementation properly matches the specification.
>>> [...]
>>> I believe Rich Tibbett from Opera also expressed interest in being an
>>> editor. I would be happy to edit the specification together.
>> Indeed, Rich has separately indicated interest on editing that spec;
> Yes. I would be happy for us to tackle this together.
>
> In terms of my own background, I tested the original device
> orientation implementation in Opera Presto. I have also written a few
> orientation-based web-apps and I have also previously edited other W3C
> specs.
>
>> while we go through the chartering administrativia, I think it would be
>> great if you guys could start bringing edits based on the recent
>> discussions. Tim, do you already have write access to dev.w3.org where
>> the spec is currently hosted?
>> ( http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/geo/api/spec-source-orientation.html )
>>
>> [it might also be that Rich and you would determine you'd rather edit it
>> on github ]
> I like the idea of doing this on Github mostly for its ability to
> track pull requests via its web interface. Doing this on Github may
> also come in handy for getting wider input from developers (e.g. for
> obtaining [ bug fixes / feedback / more JavaScript-based API examples
> ] for the spec).
>
> - Rich
>

Received on Tuesday, 11 February 2014 04:39:01 UTC