>you can't get at USB devices from the web browser except through a plugin, for example Not yet, we can't. Mozilla is working on the WebUSB[0] API that'll allo

>you can't get at USB devices from the web browser except through a plugin, for example Not yet, we can't. Mozilla is working on the WebUSB[0] API that'll allow access to USB devices via javascript as part of their ongoing WebAPI effort. They need this for FirefoxOS at some point, and these APIs are being implemented in desktop Firefox as well. [0] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/WebUSB https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/WebUSB