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Description
Request for Mozilla Position on an Emerging Web Specification
- Specification Title: WebMIDI
- Specification or proposal URL: https://webaudio.github.io/web-midi-api/
- Caniuse.com URL (optional): https://caniuse.com/#feat=midi
- Bugzilla URL (optional): https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=webmidi
Other information
WebMIDI has been in development in Firefox since 2015. The DOM API (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1201590) recently landed, but is pref'd off on all branches, runs only in tests, and was mostly landed to curb bit-rot. Platform implementation bugs exist at:
- Mac: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1201593
- Windows: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1201596
- Linux: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1201598
The major blocker right now is security issues related to device firmware hijacking. There's a public google doc available listing issues and ideas for mitigation at