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Bug 9814 - There are many systems that could use this: barcode readers, rfid readers. So, it would be very useful to let this generic. HTML5 Apps will use it a lot to permit industry automation with web environment
Summary: There are many systems that could use this: barcode readers, rfid readers. So...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
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: 2010-05-27 15:02 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-07-18 18:40 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-05-27 15:02:22 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#attr-device-type

Comment:
There are many systems that could use this: barcode readers, rfid readers. So,
it would be very useful to let this generic. HTML5 Apps will use it a lot to
permit industry automation with web environment

Posted from: 201.80.212.77
Comment 1 Ms2ger 2010-06-06 10:32:30 UTC 
(Add a <div data-component/>?)
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-08-27 04:08:25 UTC 
I agree about the potential for this feature.