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Bug 11679 - <device> should most surely also be able to work with USB devices. Using Joystick input in <canvas>-based games comes to mind! So far, this can only be solved using NPAPI plugins or the like.
Summary: <device> should most surely also be able to work with USB devices. Using Joys...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 11612
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: 2011-01-06 13:47 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-07-18 18:42 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2011-01-06 13:47:48 UTC 
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:
The <device> element should most surely also be able to work with USB devices.
Using Joystick input in <canvas>-based games comes to mind! So far, this can
only be solved using NPAPI plugins or the like.

Posted from: 84.176.222.31
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-01-11 20:12:10 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 11612 ***