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Convertible Devices Brainstorming
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Meeting

Event details

Date:
– Japan Standard Time
Status:
Confirmed
Location:
Floor 5 - 504
Participants:
Fershad Irani, Robert Liu, Samuel Richard, Mike Wasserman, Limin Zhu
Big meeting:
TPAC 2025 (Calendar)

Convertible devices (Chromebooks, Surfaces, and tablets, to name a few) are devices that can switch from a touch-first mode into a more traditional desktop mode. Today, they're not well represented in web standards: the Form Factor client hint neither includes it nor is there another way to query for it, there's no listener event for form factor changes, and key user experience flows that can change depending on the form factor (like how window.open works) can't be queried for.

I'd like for this to be a brainstorming session on the different items, like mentioned above, a developer may need to know and react to for a convertible device to provide users a better experience on those devices.

Agenda

Chairs:
Samuel Richard

Description:
Convertible devices (Chromebooks, Surfaces, and tablets, to name a few) are devices that can switch from a touch-first mode into a more traditional desktop mode. Today, they're not well represented in web standards: the Form Factor client hint neither includes it nor is there another way to query for it, there's no listener event for form factor changes, and key user experience flows that can change depending on the form factor (like how window.open works) can't be queried for.

I'd like for this to be a brainstorming session on the different items, like mentioned above, a developer may need to know and react to for a convertible device to provide users a better experience on those devices.

Goal(s):
Create a list of proposed feature gaps, and potential solutions, for convertible devices to bring back to relevant working and community groups.

Agenda:
Minutes

  • Introduction to the Problem Space (what are convertibles, what unique challenges do they face)
  • Currently identified problems (window.open differences, lack of clear Form Factor client hint?) with discussion
  • Open forum for problems identified by participants, with initial brainstorming for fixes to bing back to other committees.

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