> ALS, “ambient light events”, would let browsers respond to the light level the laptop, phone or desktop is exposed to if anybody used it.
Can someone give me a good, non-gimmicky example of what this would be used for?
Can someone give me a good, non-gimmicky example of what this would be used for?
Most speculatively, imaging the environment with compressive imaging[1]. One might be able to flash some patterns on the screen and look at light sensor output to take a picture.
Giving web browsers access to sensors on our devices is sort of scary.
[0] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/beware-of-ads-tha... [1] http://arxiv.org/pdf/1305.7181.pdf
But I think the more promising use for this could be enabling aesthetically pleasing color palettes that are power consumption optimized. Picture a HN that switches to darker tones of the current colors when you're on a mobile device.
It will ignore site-provided CSS.
Interested?
If we stopped adding new capabilities to JavaScript even as new sensors and w/e go mainstream we'd start needing Flash all over again.
Not saying it's the most important case ever, but it would be important if you needed it