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Bug 12158 - [device] It might be useful to have access to USB joysticks (maybe even with force-feedback) and other kinds of HID.
Summary: [device] It might be useful to have access to USB joysticks (maybe even with ...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
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: 2011-02-23 03:40 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-07-18 18:47 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description contributor 2011-02-23 03:40:01 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/commands.html
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html#devices

Comment:
It might be useful to have access to USB joysticks (maybe even with
force-feedback) and other kinds of HID.

Posted from: 187.15.4.216
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-03-15 06:01:08 UTC 
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 joysticks in particular, events are probably a better solution.