- From: cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:41:57 -0400
- To: public-media-capture@w3.org
On 11/07/2014 7:09 PM, Martin Thomson wrote:
> On 11 July 2014 15:59, Peter Thatcher <pthatcher@google.com> wrote:
>> Is {video: {mediaSource: {exact: "application"}}} really that bad for a JS
>> developer to write?
> Actually, yes.
>
> What I have a problem with more is the potential for this to be *not*
> exact. I don't think that we have any use case where an application
> is uncertain over whether it wants powerpoint or your video camera.
> That just doesn't make sense to me.
Guys,
You've wasted *months* debating this silly syntax and the longer this
continues the more convoluted it has become.
Stop trying to re-invent the wheel and just let users query devices
using a plain old Javascript API. Your proposal is a lot harder to
learn, read, and maintain than the alternative... all in the name of
solving some theoretical problem that you're not actually solving
(fingerprinting remains readily available).
Consider the cost/benefit. Do you still believe that the benefit of this
approach warrants this prohibitive cost?
Gili
Received on Saturday, 12 July 2014 03:43:00 UTC