Re: [Gamepad] Completing spec work

+1 https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=27444

On the polling vs. live object.

   - I'd be nice if there was a way to poll but not allocate a new object
   everytime. This has been relegated to "oh we'll get better GCs in JS
   eventually, let's not structure our API around not having a good GC". I
   can't say how realistic this is, but I keep hearing it year after year,
   so...
   - Polling has an advantage for realtime applications that wish to do
   "late polling". That is, first render a bunch of stuff, that could take
   say, 14ms, and then poll the input for stuff you can do at the last second.
   This reduces input -> output latency.


On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Ted Mielczarek <ted@mozilla.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The Gamepad spec has been languishing for some time, and I take
> responsibility for that. However, on the bright side we have two
> implementations shipping (Firefox, Chrome), and another shipping in
> previews (IE) that, while not completely compatible, are usable in a
> compatible manner, which is a great thing.
>
> We've had some spec bugs filed as a result of implementors reading the
> spec, so those clearly need to be taken care of to finish the spec off.
> Some of them are small corner cases[1,2,3], while one is a fairly large
> oversight[4] that I've known about and haven't had time to spec
> (liveness of Gamepad objects).  The latter had significant discussion on
> the mailing list[5] and I know what I need to do, it's just going to
> require a fair bit of editing to spec it properly.
>
> Additionally, I met with some interested parties a few weeks ago at the
> Mozilla office and we identified a fairly small spec addition[6] that
> would help content libraries deal with the biggest interop issue that
> they currently deal with in practice. I would like to spec this as well
> before calling the spec done.
>
> My goal is to sit down and do some spec editing in the next month or
> two, finish up the remaining issues, and move the spec forward to match
> the reality of implementations.
>
> -Ted
>
> 1. https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17309
> 2. https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25203
> 3. https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=26203
> 4. https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21434
> 5. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2014AprJun/0238.html
> 6. https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=27444
>
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