Well said. Very faulty logic on my part. On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 3:05 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 2:54 PM Mike C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > One would think, but I've done enough QA testing and tech support in my > > life to know that's not the reality for many reasons. > > > > Heck, even looking at the recommended list of Plantronics Headsets, it's > > only about a 1/2 dozen or so that are fully compatible. RingCentral has > > another list of about 30 other Plantronics headsets that it says may only > > have partial compatibility. > > > > That tells the story right there about the reality of what companies are > > willing to put time and money into supporting. > > > > > I would love to understand why you think that a headset with industry > standard audio jacks would not be compatible with a given application. This > headset contains no processor or vendor/product ID. It's not possible for > an application to poll the headset for information because the electronics > required to do so does not exist. > > The application writes data to the audio device, which sends electrical > signals down the cable. The application never interacts directly with the > headset. How then, is the application supposed to change behavior based on > a device it cannot see? > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
