- From: Peter Beverloo <peter@lvp-media.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:31:29 +0100
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 14:26, J?rn Zaefferer <joern.zaefferer at googlemail.com> wrote: > > Where did you "hear" that device was cancelled? > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 14:10, <jesperg at opera.com> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I just heard that <device> was canceled and replaced by > > navigator.getUserMedia()... Just wanted to point out a couple of use > > cases that I was looking forward to, that seems to maybe have gotten a > > bit lost on the way? > > > > I was really looking forward to start playing around with USB MIDI > > interfaces to control my synth and maybe even do really creative stuff > > the other way around. Just imagine being able to play on your synth > > (or any other device with MIDI output) and generate sound or graphics > > in a <canvas> web application or so! > > > > Or... be able to control other devices using serial connection. Maybe > > do lirc-alike stuff, using your IR based remote to control Youtube or > > other HTML5 <video> services, etc. > > > > Amazing new possibilities, that would be (almost) endless... :) > > > > > > The following change was committed to the specification yesterday: http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5944&to=5945 Most references to the <device> element have been removed as well, and this section has been introduced: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/dnd.html#obtaining-local-multimedia-content Regards, Peter Beverloo
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