Update feature-detects/gamepad.js

removing navigator.gamepads check and adding notes.
olachan · Aug 6, 2012 · d029c7e · d029c7e
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diff --git a/feature-detects/gamepad.js b/feature-detects/gamepad.js
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 // https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/gamepad/raw-file/default/gamepad.html
 // By Eric Bidelman
 
-Modernizr.addTest('gamepads', !!Modernizr.prefixed('gamepads', navigator) ||
-    !!Modernizr.prefixed('getGamepads', navigator));
+// FF has Gamepad API support only in special builds, but not in any release (even behind a flag)
+// Their current implementation has no way to feature detect, only events to bind to.
+//   http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/doodles/gamepad/#toc-featuredetect
+
+// but a patch will bring them up to date with the spec when it lands (and they'll pass this test)
+//   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690935
+
+Modernizr.addTest('gamepads', !!Modernizr.prefixed('getGamepads', navigator));