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Edge supports WebUSB.
Edge is just a Chromium fork, though.
Yes, but so is Chrome and many other browsers.
Show HN: I built an HTML5 RTL-SDR application
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#12it's a chrome application not an html5 one. It only works on one browser (and its forks) because it uses proprietary, nonstandard apis.
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#13Do you plan on expanding the functionality?
It is really amazing how flawless it work. You should do a blog post describing how you did it.
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#14`` let's get that in html6!
Nice use of web components!
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#15I wish Firefox would implement this API too, it's been years.
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#16I wish Firefox would implement this API too, it's been years.
Mozilla's position is to not implement this API due to security and privacy concerns, and I agree with them on that even though I'd really like to use this API too.
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#18I wish Firefox would implement this API too, it's been years.
Mozilla's position is to not implement this API due to security and privacy concerns, and I agree with them on that even though I'd really like to use this API too.
Yeah... It's an accident waiting to happen with someone's security key. (Yes, I'm aware chrome tries to protect that one... for now) We really need more intentionality around hardware use. There's many SDR apps already packaged for all systems. Stop trying to juggle chainsaws, please!
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Mozilla's position is to not implement this API due to security and privacy concerns, and I agree with them on that even though I'd really like to use this API too.
Yeah... It's an accident waiting to happen with someone's security key. (Yes, I'm aware chrome tries to protect that one... for now) We really need more intentionality around hardware use. There's many SDR apps already packaged for all systems. Stop trying to juggle chainsaws, please!
The UI makes it very obvious as you have to select a device.
Anyone who is worried, including corporations, can disable it.
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Yeah... It's an accident waiting to happen with someone's security key. (Yes, I'm aware chrome tries to protect that one... for now) We really need more intentionality around hardware use. There's many SDR apps already packaged for all systems. Stop trying to juggle chainsaws, please!
The UI makes it very obvious as you have to select a device. Anyone who is worried, including corporations, can disable it.
The problem isn't the UI, the problem is that like all software, browsers have bugs, and a CVE in this part of the code base could have catastrophic consequences. Chromium and its derivatives are highly reviewed code bases, both by good and bad actors, and there's still a considerable list of CVEs every year.