Hmm so then standardizing the .capabilities object becomes the hard part? On 10/19/12 4:56 PM, "Shazron" <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>We already have the window.device object -- we can tack on a >window.device.capabilities object that could contain the boolean >properties or something. > >On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >> I dunno, I think this is independent of the current APIs. (More than >> one API we have deals w/ Cameras for example.) Seems like we want more >> nuance than boolean too (consider front && back camera). We are >> definitely talking about hardware/sensors detection. >> >> Not loving the w3c cc/pp spec, that RDF business looks hairy, I think >> we need something more approachable like you describe. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: >>> Tack on a .yep boolean onto every API surface? >>> >>> On 10/19/12 2:25 PM, "Brian LeRoux" <b...@brian.io> wrote: >>> >>>>Community member Ian has noticed our lack of a capabilities api, and >>>>ignoring the snipe at our foresight, I do agree its a missing piece in >>>>the web platform. [1] >>>> >>>>There is some prior art. >>>> >>>>- Media queries have a couple of interesting APIs (matchMedia [2], >>>>window.devicePixelRatio, and potentially a future >>>>navigator.supportsCSS). >>>>- Flash has a comprehensive capabilities API. [3] >>>>- The W3C has a somewhat unwieldy take on this issue. [4] It should >>>>be noted that a new working group at the w3c called sysapps will be >>>>addressing this. >>>>- Tizen has a System Info API (which I'd link to but cannot). >>>> >>>>Does anyone have any thoughts on how we should structure / develop out >>>>the ability for our users to query the device capbilities? >>>> >>>>[1] https://twitter.com/iandevlin/status/259309546969903104 >>>>[2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/window.matchMedia >>>>[3] >>>>http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flas >>>>h/s >>>>ystem/Capabilities.html >>>>[4] http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-CCPP-struct-vocab2-20070430/ >>>
