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Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card

#32
post #6

On ios it works fine with the default camera app, but what about android? I'd guess support varies depending on vendor?

If I remember correctly from playing with this stuff a few years ago, there’s a simple text format for WiFi SSIDs and passwords that’s recognized by both iOS and Android, among others.

Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card

#33
post #6

On ios it works fine with the default camera app, but what about android? I'd guess support varies depending on vendor?

Seems to be using the same format as https://qifi.org/, which lists supported devices, but of course due to the lack of native QR on most Android devices it's per-app rather than per-phone.

Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card

#35

I do wish there was an option to safely disable all connectivity in a browser tab (forever) like with Javascript or camera access. Yes, saving the page, disconnecting your network connection, then deleting the page would work, but it's a real bother.

Perhaps https://github.com/ray-lothian/Block-Site/ could be adapted to your needs.

Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card

#36

I do wish there was an option to safely disable all connectivity in a browser tab (forever) like with Javascript or camera access. Yes, saving the page, disconnecting your network connection, then deleting the page would work, but it's a real bother.

I do too. Even the web extension APIs don’t seem to comprehend this. It’s super disappointing and it’s holding back extension development and enabling a massive malware problem.

Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card

#39

I do wish there was an option to safely disable all connectivity in a browser tab (forever) like with Javascript or camera access. Yes, saving the page, disconnecting your network connection, then deleting the page would work, but it's a real bother.

Airplane mode?

Re: Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card

#40

I do wish there was an option to safely disable all connectivity in a browser tab (forever) like with Javascript or camera access. Yes, saving the page, disconnecting your network connection, then deleting the page would work, but it's a real bother.

Also another nitpick:

> View the source code

It would be really nice if the source code in the browser (no, not the Github repo; how do I know the web server served the same thing as the Github repo?) were displayed in a human-readable format with proper tabbing, comments if applicable, and not an obfuscated, minified form.

In fact if your goal isn't specifically obfuscation, it's not necessary to minify JS in general. Web servers do a good job gzipping stuff.

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