11802 2011-01-19 13:01:25 +0000 [device] Suggestion for how to filter the list 2012-07-18 18:48:28 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG HTML unspecified Other other RESOLVED WONTFIX http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#devices P3 normal Unsorted 1 contributor ian ian mike contributor oldest_to_newest 44468 0 contributor 2011-01-19 13:01:25 +0000 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 an optional subtype should filter the presented list; like subtype="video/*" for media, or "7" for usb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Device_classes). This would improve usability for the end-user Posted from: 89.150.163.209 46268 1 ian 2011-03-04 01:05:40 +0000 I think we're probably better off going even more fine-grained than USB device classes, if we go down this path. After all, each device probably needs its own hard-coded API — "personal healthcare" isn't going to be detailed enough for a page to know how to use a pulse monitor vs an oxygen monitor vs an injection controller. 46707 2 ian 2011-03-15 06:03:27 +0000 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 For media, the replacement solution (getUserMedia) does handle a filter as suggested.