Intel Web 2.0 Technology Development Kit (TDK)
Written by on February 14th, 2007 in Ajax News.
Have you ever wished that you could getPercentRemaining() to find out the battery charge left in a users device, or getProtocolRateTx() to find out about the connectivity of a device?
These are some of the methods available in the Intel Web 2.0 Technology Development Kit (TDK).
Imagine if your Web 2.0 application could be aware of the platform it is running on and its environment. It could, for example, leverage multi-core power to provide more immersive user interfaces, postpone certain tasks during low power situations, avoid network traffic over low bandwidth/high latency connections, etc.
The Intel® Web 2.0 Technology Development Kit (TDK) allows developers to learn about the platform’s configuration, e.g. display, storage, processor, and the platform’s context, e.g. bandwidth, connectivity, power and location, etc. within a browser using JavaScript.
The Intel® Web 2.0 TDK contains documentation and full source code (C++ and JavaScript) for IE 6/7 and Firefox. The code can be incorporated directly in your extensions or JavaScript libraries, and be redistributed royalty free.
I have to admit… I wouldn’t have guessed that this would be the next API out of Intel!
Source: Ajaxian
Original Article: http://ajaxian.com/archives/intel-web-20-technology-development-kit-tdk