- From: Tobie Langel <tobie@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:01:11 +0200
- To: "Appelquist Daniel (UK)" <Daniel.Appelquist@telefonica.com>
- Cc: "public-web-mobile@w3.org" <public-web-mobile@w3.org>
On Friday, October 18, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Appelquist Daniel (UK) wrote: > [Removing Carlos and Miguel from the distribution.] > > On 18/10/2013 15:18, "Marcos Caceres" <w3c@marcosc.com (mailto:w3c@marcosc.com)> wrote: > > On Friday, October 18, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Dimitris Michalakos wrote: > > > > > Hi Tobie, > > > > > > Let's define WiFi and Power Management, in the context of our research. > > > > > > WiFi means "Get a list of available WiFi connections. Setup a new > > > connection. Connect to specific WiFi network". Results show it's mostly > > > used to: > > > view Wi-Fi connections > > > connect and disconnect from WiFi > > > change network connectivity > > > > This seems very "OS-level". For example, in iOS you have to go to > > settings to enable this. I think it's the same with Android? > > > > What kinds of apps are people trying to build with this (or have been > > built with this in other platforms)? > > I'll give you a very concrete example: I have an account with BT Wifi > that lets me use any BT wifi hotspot. On Android, devices there is a BT > wifi app that can scan available wifi SSIDs and automatically connect you > without having to go through the "captive portal" nonsense. (IOS also has > an app but because IOS does not enable these APIs for developers all it > can do is automatically log you in once you are already associated with > the wifi network.) In a "Web-based OS" device, it would be very useful to > be able to do this stuff. Sure. But to make it the one of the top two priorities of what's missing on the Web platform seems quite a stretch. Can we get offline, auto-rotation lock, smooth scrolling, fast canvas, etc. first? --tobie
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