9733 2010-05-14 14:24:16 +0000 one reason for having this not restricted to audiovisual streams would be the option of, say, reading a barcode scanning device to fill a shopping cart. This is something you currently need Java or a custom plugin for. rs232 and fs are the perfect thing f 2010-10-09 14:53:53 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified Other other VERIFIED INVALID http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#devices P3 normal LC 1 contributor ian ian mike Ms2ger public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 35697 0 contributor 2010-05-14 14:24:16 +0000 Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#devices Comment: one reason for having this not restricted to audiovisual streams would be the option of, say, reading a barcode scanning device to fill a shopping cart. This is something you currently need Java or a custom plugin for. rs232 and fs are the perfect thing for that purpose. Posted from: 80.238.140.202 37811 1 ian 2010-08-24 23:46:03 +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: Accepted Change Description: no spec change Rationale: Indeed.