- From: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:44:03 -0400
- To: ext Scott Graham <scottmg@google.com>
- CC: "ext Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Web Events Working Group WG <public-webevents@w3.org>
On 10/13/11 5:19 PM, ext Scott Graham wrote: >> I tend to agree with Tab that Gamepad is sufficient until such time there is >> clear and compelling reason(s) and consensus to change it. > That sounds good to me as well. > >> That said, Alexy mentioned "Game Controller" and indeed wikipedia considers >> it a generic name for many "types of game controllers": >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_controller > Yes, I think that would also be a reasonable name. In the Sept 20th > meeting, the consensus was that calling it GameController invited too > much generality and lead the spec into areas that we did not want to > be involved in. On that basis, I think we should stick with Gamepad. > I'm happy to discuss on next week's call or here if anyone has further > thoughts of course. > > For the time being, I've tried to clarify and make more explicit the > Scope section of the gamepad draft spec, by explaining that the goal > is to explicitly support gamepads, and then for free, gain support for > other devices that have similar features. If no alternate proposal to Gamepad gains broad consensus by October 17, on the 18th, I will plan to close this Issue and we'll stick with Gamepad (no need for teleconf time for this issue). -AB
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