Back in September, it was proposed to expand the charter of the WebEvents WG to include PointerLock (formerly known as MouseLock) and Gamepad APIs [1]. This seemed like a logical home for them given that both of these APIs pertain to input event systems.
However, one thing that became apparent was that Apple was not willing to join the WebEvents WG [2]. Since we, the Chrome team at Google, work on WebKit alongside Apple engineers, it is a bit undesirable for us to not be able to work together with Apple in the WGs, which develop the specs that we implement in WebKit. From an efficiency point of view, it is far easier if we can discuss APIs in a single forum instead of having to relay concerns between forums. I'd like to therefore propose that instead of expanding the charter of WebEvents to include PointerLock and Gamepad, that we instead add those APIs to another WG such as WebApps. I believe they make sense in WebApps given the scope of work being done there and the parties involved. Thoughts? -Darin [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webevents/2011JulSep/0087.html [2] Recently, Apple disclosed some patents for the Touch Events specification [ http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webevents/2011OctDec/0118.html], which is currently the only deliverable for the WebEvents WG.
