The web browser started life as a relatively simple hypertext reading application, but over the 30+ years since the first one displayed a simple CERN web page it has been extended to become the uni…
Interesting project, but kinda lame that it’s a Chrome-only API. We shouldn’t be encouraging the use of such interfaces. Is it even a good idea that my web applications can access USB devices?
We tried this once with browser plugins and it was a security nightmare granting arbitrary internet code this kind of access to your machine. It’s cool that we can do it. I’m thinking we probably shouldn’t.
Interesting project, but kinda lame that it’s a Chrome-only API. We shouldn’t be encouraging the use of such interfaces. Is it even a good idea that my web applications can access USB devices?
We tried this once with browser plugins and it was a security nightmare granting arbitrary internet code this kind of access to your machine. It’s cool that we can do it. I’m thinking we probably shouldn’t.