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by meiraleal 556 days ago
> because it uses proprietary, nonstandard apis

What are the other APIs to have USB access?
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vrighter 554 days ago
there isn't a browser based usb api. It's as simple as that. You're coding for chrome, not the web
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meiraleal 554 days ago
Chrome, edge, opera, brave and many more. Just Safari doesn't support it, as always lagging behind. Firefox is out of the equation long ago.
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vrighter 554 days ago
yes.... all of those are google chrome with lipstick. Doesn't change the fact that it is not a web standard.
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meiraleal 554 days ago
> Doesn't change the fact that it is not a web standard.

Let the "Safari not Supported" era begin!

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vrighter 553 days ago
or firefox
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goodpoint 556 days ago
Write a proper GUI application.
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