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Bug 11801 - [device] I think that for usb, some more desired use cases like smart card login and joystick support, would help adapt the proposal.
Summary: [device] I think that for usb, some more desired use cases like smart card lo...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2011-01-19 12:51 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-07-18 18:42 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2011-01-19 12:51:37 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html#devices

Comment:
I think that for usb, some more desired use cases like smart card login and
joystick support, would help adapt the proposal.

Posted from: 89.150.163.209
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-03-15 06:00:23 UTC 
I ended up moving away from <device> as a generic mechanism, because I couldn't work out how to make it work. If you have any concrete proposals, please don't hesitate to reopen the bug and post them here (or on one of the lists). See also this entry in the FAQ:

   http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_a_specification.3F