it is very easily arguable that notifications are important to mobile, and important enough that we should look at ensuring Cordova as a platform supports them well
but agreed we need to pull up our socks on the older stuff, and maybe do some housecleaning On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote: > Core, or no core, the plugin already exists: > https://github.com/phonegap-build/PushPlugin/ > It works on iOS, Android, BB10, WP8, Windows8, and Amazon Fire OS. > > In my mind, the fact that every device uses it's own messaging service > makes this a non-starter. At least for moving to core, and/or adding to the > API. > > > @purplecabbage > risingj.com > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Joe Bowser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I bet you that the Android Camera is more terrible than the iOS camera. > > > > The big problem with a lot of the plugins is that we make promises that > we > > can't keep. For example, the Android camera only supports JPG, but our > > docs say that you can take PNG photos, which not only makes very little > > sense, but isn't possible with the current code without a really big > > refactor. There's also the whole memory restriction problem that has > > creeped its ugly head with the Moto G and Moto E, which are lower end > > devices with a lot of users. The Battery Spec is another example, where > > the current Android implemntation is unusable, and the W3C Proposal is > > absolute garbage and unimplementable. > > > > I don't want any more core plugins until we finally do our long promised, > > but forever pushed forward API audit. I know that a push notifications > > plugin is super tempting, but this is like us adopting another puppy when > > we have a dead hamster, fish and turtle in our room stinking up the > place. > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The Camera (esp iOS) is terrible IMO, we should replace with some > > standard > > > API, like we've talked about before (not sure which spec). > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm all for code removal. Which plugins tho? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Joe Bowser <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Do we need more core plugins? We're already pretty terrible at > > > supporting > > > > > what we have on our plate now. I would rather we have less core > > > plugins > > > > > than more. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Jesse <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This one supports everything: > > > > > > > > https://github.com/phonegap-build/PushPlugin/blob/master/plugin.xml > > > > > > > > > > > > and it is MIT > > > > > > > > > > > > @purplecabbage > > > > > > risingj.com > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Lorin Beer < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been asked about this from multiple sources over the last > > few > > > > > weeks. > > > > > > > Given how important push notifications are for mobile > projects, a > > > > core > > > > > > push > > > > > > > notification plugin would be a great addition and another > > argument > > > > for > > > > > > why > > > > > > > you should use cordova. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > just was discussing w/ Shaz and Jesse…thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
