- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:51:13 +0100
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:44:09 +0100, Seth Brown <learc83 at gmail.com> wrote: > First I'd like to point out that accessing hardware is already > possible through ActiveX, and I think I've heard of some people doing > it with XUL. I would like to standardize these hardware interactions. > I don't think it should be done without strict security measures, Indeed. This matters... > Also it should be possible to allow an administrator to set policies > to block the browser from accessing usb/RS232. So does this... > At some point it is going to be necessary for the web apps to interact > with hardware.... I hate the concept of platform specific apps and I > think that once HTML5 if fully implemented apps will start to > disappear. The only real hurdle left is hardware interaction, but it > will happen at some point. Why don't we make sure it gets done right? Indeed. This is the point of initiatives like Opera platform, OMTP's BONDI, and WAC [1]. > I'm going to start working on a concrete proposal. I've never written > one before, so any advice would be appreciated -- should I just look > through other completed specs and format it accordingly? That helps in making the content easy to find and understand for people who are used to reading specs. I suggest you look at W3C's DAP group [2] for an idea of what people are doing - and at WAC for an idea of stuff that is being shipped already. [1] http://www.jil.org/web/jil or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wholesale_Application_Community [2] http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/ cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group je parle fran?ais -- hablo espa?ol -- jeg l?rer norsk http://my.opera.com/chaals Try Opera: http://www.opera.com
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