Deprecate and remove navigator.getGamepads().item(index)

Category: Device
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Deprecated (Chrome 70)
Intent stage: None

Summary

This change deprecates and removes the legacy "item()" accessor method for the array of Gamepads returned by navigator.getGamepads(). This change improves compatibility with Firefox which is so far the only browser to implement GamepadList.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://www.w3.org/TR/gamepad/#navigator-interface-extension
Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
Safari: No signal
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/865642

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