11612 2010-12-27 20:08:33 +0000 <device> should include RS232 and USB 2012-07-18 18:40:13 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG HTML unspecified Other other RESOLVED NEEDSINFO http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#devices P3 normal Unsorted 1 contributor ian ian mike contributor oldest_to_newest 43564 0 contributor 2010-12-27 20:08:33 +0000 Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/commands.html Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html#devices Comment: RS232 and USB should be included. Right now we cannot deoploy software as a web app that needs to interface with locally installed hardware. For example I just built an application for an industry that requires hardware interaction. I also had to write a locally installed proxy that relayed information sent to a tcp port to a hardware device connected to a serial port. If the device tag was in place this could have been a completely web based application. Posted from: 76.97.127.238 44101 1 ian 2011-01-11 05:16:19 +0000 *** Bug 11611 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 44102 2 ian 2011-01-11 05:17:48 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Did Not Understand Request Change Description: no spec change Rationale: I don't really understand how we would expose USB. Individual devices of known types, sure, but how would we safely expose a generic USB interface? 44211 3 ian 2011-01-11 20:11:43 +0000 *** Bug 11603 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 44213 4 ian 2011-01-11 20:12:10 +0000 *** Bug 11679 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 44281 5 Ms2ger 2011-01-12 16:40:56 +0000 *** Bug 11741 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***