On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Darin Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
I'll say something similar to Chaals, but in stronger terms: 1. It's unfortunate that the W3C patent policy can be so easily circumvented. 2. I'm totally happy to do the suggested work here in the WebApps WG. / Jonas
