On: Introducing WebAPI

[MatthewPhillips]

> But how, exactly, do the two fit together? Is WebRTC a low-level implementation of protocols, codecs, and transports whereas WebAPI provide the friendly developer-oriented APIs?

They're not related. WebRTC is a video chat/conferencing project.

> Will WebAPI provide hooks for standard widgets for dialer, SMS, contacts, etc?

Yes, that's its precise purpose.

[hrabago → MatthewPhillips]

> > Will WebAPI provide hooks for standard widgets for dialer, SMS, contacts, etc? > Yes, that's its precise purpose.

I'm not seeing any indication that standard widgets are even in their goals. For instance, their Telephony API [1] lists functions that an application implementing its own UI might call, but nothing that indicates that those are UI widgets or expose UI-like functionalities.

[1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674726

[MatthewPhillips → hrabago]

Well, this is WebAPI after all, not WebUI... but why do you think they should implement UI widgets? That goes against the grain of the web.

[hrabago → MatthewPhillips]

I don't think they should. In fact I hope they don't.