Re: [pointerlock] Is Pointer Lock feature complete i.e. LC ready? [Was: Re: [admin] Publishing specs before TPAC: CfC start deadline is Oct 15]

On 10/02/2012 11:55 PM, Florian Bösch wrote:
> I'd like to point out that vendors are using additional failure criteria to determine if pointerlock succeeds that are not outlined in the
> specification. Firefox uses the fullscreen change event to determine failure and chrome requires the pointer lock request to fail if not resulting
> from a user interaction target. I think that Firefoxes interpretation is less useful than Chromes,
But safer



  and that Chromes interpretation should be amended
> to the spec since it seems like a fairly good idea.
>
I'm not yet convinced that it is safe enough.
Also, it is not properly defined anywhere.


> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Chris Pearce <cpearce@mozilla.com <mailto:cpearce@mozilla.com>> wrote:
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>     On 27/09/12 08:37, Vincent Scheib wrote:
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>         On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com <mailto:art.barstow@nokia.com>> wrote:
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>             On 9/26/12 11:46 AM, ext Vincent Scheib wrote:
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>                 On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com <mailto:art.barstow@nokia.com>>
>                 wrote:
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>                     * Pointer Lock - Vincent - what's the status of the spec and its
>                     implementation?
>
>                 Firefox 14 and Chrome 22 shipped Pointer Lock implementations to
>                 stable channel users recently. (Check out this Mozilla demo
>                 https://developer.mozilla.org/__en-US/demos/detail/bananabread <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/demos/detail/bananabread>__, using
>                 either.)
>
>                 Pointer Lock specification did have minor adjustments (inter-document
>                 and iframe sandbox security issues, pending state and mouse movement
>                 clarifications). diffs:
>                 http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/__pointerlock/log/default/index.__html <http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/pointerlock/log/default/index.html>
>
>                 So, I'm happy to prepare an updated working draft.
>
>
>             Thanks for the update Vincent!
>
>             Do you and/or the implementers consider the spec feature complete, which is
>             a major factor to determine if the spec is "Last Call ready" (other
>             considerations are documented at [1])?
>
>         There are no known issues, and no known additional features. We
>         haven't seen many applications developed yet, but there have been a
>         few functionally complete demos.  Reading over [1] I believe it is
>         "Last Call Ready".
>
>
>     I agree. No one involved on our side of things is aware of any remaining issues with the pointer lock spec.
>
>
>     Chris Pearce
>     (Mozilla's pointer lock implementation maintainer)
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