Similar to an existing request to auto-connect the joystick interface for the chromium snap, this is a request to auto-connect the joystick interface for the firefox snap.
The thread for chromium has an interesting discussion on pros and cons of doing this. A browser is arguably not a video game, but it is increasingly being used as a platform for the consumption of various types of media, including games.
A bug was recently filed against firefox by a user who was surprised that their joystick wasn’t being recognized OOTB. With the transition of the firefox package from a deb to the snap in Ubuntu 22.04, we are surely going to get numerous duplicate reports.
One suggestion is to patch firefox to detect when the user tries to access a joystick device, and if the interface isn’t connected (snapctl is-connected joystick), suggest them to manually connect it. I’m concerned that this would result in a poor user experience though, if the interface cannot be connected from within the browser with the click of a button.