- From: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 09:22:38 -0400
- To: Ted Mielczarek <ted@mozilla.com>
- CC: Webapps WG <public-webapps@w3.org>
On 4/3/14 2:07 PM, ext Ted Mielczarek wrote: > Trying to design an API that's everything to everyone is extremely > hard and likely to produce unsatisfactory results. We chose to focus > on the most useful subset of things that are common to all > controllers. I believe the API we've spec'ed is useful in spite of not > covering everything that exists in the world. FWIW, I agree with and support this view. > I am not opposed to the idea of extending it to cover other common > features of game controllers, but I do think we'll stick to concepts > that are widely accepted (like vibration) and not bleeding-edge things > supported by a single device (touchpads, colored LED). If these things > gain traction then it makes sense to discuss spec'ing them. Otherwise > you run the risk of spec'ing something that has only one hardware > example, thus making the API hard to generalize to other devices that > introduce similar (but not identical) features in the future. As I mentioned in a the status thread earlier today, I think it would be helpful to document potential new features like this. -AB
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