Prototype DOM Gamepad API

Summary

The Prototype DOM Gamepad API presents a new way for web and game developers, as well as interaction designers, to access and use gamepads and other controllers for games.

References

• Wiki Page
• Editor's Draft status at the W3C
• MDN - Using the Gamepad API
• MDN - Gamepad Page
• Game demos:
  • demo 1
  • demo 2

Test Cases

• The test cases for this feature can be viewed in this Google Spreadsheet or in this Moztrap testsuite.
• The above test cases were performed with two wired controllers:
  • Xbox 360 controller
  • Logitech Gamepad F310

Automation Coverage

Existing automated tests are available here

Bugs

• Tracking bug - 604039
• bug 851547 - Make Gamepad API preffable - Resolved Fixed
• bug 878828 - finalize and enable Gamepad API - Resolved Fixed
• bug 893785 - Gamepad API - Combat demo shows wrong number of elements - Resolved Fixed
• bug 921565 - [Gamepad] Watch for device change notifications on Windows - Verified Fixed
• bug 894382 - [Gamepad] Support libudev.so.1 - Verified Fixed
• bug 680289 - (gamepad-rumble) Rumble Effect support for Gamepad API - Assigned
• bug 921565 - Add an XInput backend for Windows gamepad support - Verified Fixed
• bug 963053 - crash in mozilla::dom::Gamepad::SetAxis(unsigned int, double) - Verified Fixed

Sign off

Criteria

• All the test cases were executed.
• All the blocker, critical, major bugs have been fixed.

Firefox Aurora 28 Sign-Off - 12/13/2013

• All the test cases were executed on the next OSs:
  • Windows 7 64bit
  • Mac OSX 10.9
  • Ubuntu 13.10 32bit

Firefox 28 Aurora (pre-beta sign off) - 01/27/2014

• Gamepad API Feature: Testrun Results
• All the test cases were executed on the next OSs:
  • Windows 7 64bit
  • Windows XP 64bit
  • Mac OSX 10.9
  • Ubuntu 13.10 32bit

Firefox 29 merge to Release Sign-off - 04/17/2014

• Gamepad API Feature: Testrun Results
• All the test cases were executed on the next OSs:
  • Windows 7 64bit
  • Mac OSX 10.9.2
  • Ubuntu 13.10 32bit