On 04 Apr 2014, at 17:06, Florian Bösch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Kostiainen, Anssi
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the initial versions of the spec we indeed considered such reuse. Here’s
> my recent summary:
>
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2014Apr/0002.html
>
> If you have a navigator.gamepads and a navigator.vibrator how do you know
> which vibrator belongs to which gamepad? And do you want to end up with a
> navigator.forcefeedback, navigator.flightPedals, navigator.spacemice,
> navigator.hapticdevice, navigator.hotas, navigator.thrustquadrant,
> navigator.artificialHorizons, navigator.radioPanels, navigator.touchscreens,
> navigator.trimPanel, navigator.missileControl, navigator.steeringWheel,
> navigator.carPedals, navigator.racingWheel, navigator.gearStick,
> navigator.joyStick, navigator.etc? And how would you know which of those
> belong together into one device?
One way to spec that would be to make Vibration its own interface, and say
GamePad implements Vibration. For more advanced use cases (borrowing one from
your list):
interface SteeringWheel {
readonly attribute Vibration[] vibras;
};
Based on what I hear, it sounds like we’d likely need its own interface that is
more capable than the current Vibration.
Thanks,
-Anssi
