Intent to Prototype: WebHID on Dedicated Workers
François Beaufort
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Explainer
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Specification
https://wicg.github.io/webhid/#extensions-to-the-workernavigator-interface
Summary
WebHID is enabled inside dedicated worker contexts. This allows developers to perform heavy I/O and processing of data from a HID device on a separate thread to reduce the performance impact on the main thread.
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Motivation
By combining the capabilities of WebHID and dedicated workers, web developers can minimize input latency and ensure a smooth user experience, even with the complexities of specialized gaming hardware.
Initial public proposal
https://github.com/WICG/webhid/issues/120
TAG review
None
TAG review status
Pending
Risks
Interoperability and Compatibility
None
Gecko: No signal
WebKit: No signal
Web developers: No signals
Other signals:
WebView application risks
Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?
None
Debuggability
None
Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?
No
Flag name on chrome://flags
enable-experimental-web-platform-features
Finch feature name
WebHIDOnDedicatedWorkers
Non-finch justification
None
Requires code in //chrome?
False
Estimated milestones
No milestones specified