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Start menu integration, USB device access, graphics and sound APIs, notifications... Just look at the Windows APIs there are a wealth of things Microsoft doesn

Start menu integration, USB device access, graphics and sound APIs, notifications... Just look at the Windows APIs there are a wealth of things Microsoft doesn't want in browsers if they can avoid it. Well... there are people on the browser team trying their best, but the resource constraints keep investment where it needs to be to protect Windows and Office licensing.

cwyers 10y ago
> Start menu integration, USB device access, graphics and sound APIs, notifications... You can get all that through UWP, though, can't you?
- WorldMaker 10y ago
  You can even get access to all of that from a webpage, if you know how to ask. [1] [1] https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bridges/hosted-web-apps https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bridges/hosted...