Proposal to Republish Vibration API (Second Edition) as an Obsolete Recommendation (Wide Review until 2024-10-08/09)

Hello,

W3C Advisory Committee Representatives received a proposal to republish 
the following W3C Recommendation as an Obsolete Recommendation:

    Vibration API (Second Edition)
    W3C Recommendation 18 October 2016
    https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/REC-vibration-20161018/

The following text is proposed to be added to the Status of This Document:

[[
This specification is obsolete and should no longer be used as a basis
for implementation.

The Vibration API specification became W3C Recommendation in 2016. This
was designed to provide access to the vibration mechanism of the hosting
device, where vibration is a form of tactile feedback.

Since 2016, implementations of the Vibration API have been reduced.
WebKit removed its implementation on 2017-05-11, and Firefox
implementation has been broken (at least) from 2020 and disabled totally
at 2024-06-12.

For purposes of the W3C Patent Policy this Obsolete Recommendation has
the same status as an active Recommendation; it retains licensing
commitments and remains available as a reference for old implementations
but is no longer recommended for future implementation.
]]

W3C wishes to communicate clearly the status of Vibration API (Second 
Edition) to the Web community. As part of ensuring that the community is 
aware of this proposal, W3C invites public comments through 03:59 UTC on 
9 October 2024 (23:59 Boston time on 8 October) [0]. Please send 
comments to public-review-comments@w3.org, which has a public archive:
    https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-review-comments/

If you work for a W3C Member <https://www.w3.org/membership/list/>, 
please coordinate your comments with your Advisory Committee 
Representative. For example, you may wish to make public comments and 
have your Advisory Committee Representative refer to it in their formal 
review.

This Call for Review follows section 6.3.13.4 "Process for Rescinding, 
Obsoleting, Superseding, Restoring a Recommendation" of the W3C Process 
Document:
   https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/#deactivation

and section 6.1.2.1 "Wide Review" of the W3C Process Document:
   https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/#wide-review

Thank you,

For Philippe le Hegaret, W3C Strategy and Project Lead,
Atsushi Shimono, Devices and Sensors Working Group Team Contact;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications

[1] 
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20241008T2359&p1=43

Received on Monday, 9 September 2024 07:54:55 UTC