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This finally unlocks the ESPHome and other hobbyist ecosystems for Firefox. Bizarre why they are so vehemently against supporting this API.
by lxe 2y ago
This finally unlocks the ESPHome and other hobbyist ecosystems for Firefox. Bizarre why they are so vehemently against supporting this API.
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- pessimizer 2y agoYou can't find it bizarre that some people think it might be bad to give your browser access to your ports.
- magicalhippo 2y agoIt significantly lowers the barrier of entry for installing and updating the ESP devices. And it's just a serial port, not raw disk access or similar. Obviously it should have a proper permission prompt similar to web camera and such.
- j45 2y agoWhy through a web broswer? Seems pretty easy to "copy an paste this line in your command line", or maybe a simple installer app wrapped up for each OS in Flutter. I agree zero friction would be nice, but this example is pretty deep in hardware and details
- throw10920 2y agoThey don't find it bizarre - they're using that word to emotionally manipulate readers of their comment.
- j45 2y agoNot bizarre at all. Lots of history available on the need for browsers to remain independent and secured away from the computer itself or security is no longer a thing.