- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:47:17 -0400
- To: Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com>
- CC: "public-script-coord@w3.org" <public-script-coord@w3.org>
On 4/13/13 4:55 PM, Rick Waldron wrote: > The DeviceAmbientLightEvent and DeviceMagneticFieldEvent "API"s were > presented as: > > 1. A spec that had already been implemented > 2. A spec that was copied from the poorly designed > DeviceOrientationEvent and DeviceMotionEvent, to claim "platform > consistency" Yeah, I think the way this was done was extremely poor, not least in the way it was rushed. :( > Any motivation and > momentum was killed upon learning that implementors weren't interested > in doing better: > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2013Jan/att-0024/minutes-dap-2013-01-09.html#item06 That's really unfortunate. I'm going to go have some conversations with people now.... -Boris
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