WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !!

[dragonarchitect@rubber.social]

@balloob OH SWEET!!!

Does this mean that web apps like VIA (I had to use that to configure my Keychron keyboard) might soon also work in Firefox instead of only in Chrome?

[fds2610@mastodon.online]

@stereo @balloob @blackforestmesh endlich !!!

[thibaultmol@en.osm.town]

@Kinghat @balloob yeah, which is exactly what you need if you want to flash various devices like esp's.
Currently was only in chrome

[paoloredaelli@mastodon.uno]

@balloob As far as I remember @mozilla once stated that they would have not implemented it because it was a potential huge secturity threat, I just wonder what made change their mind.

[loudfpv@mastodon.social]

@balloob
Took them long enough
@tobozo

[troed@swecyb.com]

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@balloob/116398481380578311

The only reason I have Chromium installed is for webserial. I haven't had the need to use anything but Firefox for years otherwise.

Awesome.

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@balloob cant wait for websystemd and then, finally, webweb.

[tobozo@mastodon.social]

@loudfpv @balloob

webserial in FF is a good thing but it's too late to be excited about it as someone else already won that medal in 2023 with a polyfill

WebSerial for Firefox – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download WebSerial for Firefox for Firefox. WebSerial API Polyfill for Mozilla Firefox browser

(addons.mozilla.org)

[drq@mastodon.ml]

@balloob Finally!

[rcgj_oxphys@floss.social]

@f4grx @balloob it was foretold: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript

(from the originator of this talk: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat )

[dalcacer@mas.to]

@balloob nice. There goes my only reason to have a chrome-based browser. Finally!

[djgummikuh@mastodon.social]

@balloob NOICE! one of the few reasons for me to keep a Chromium nearby finally eliminated!

[elsactivitypub@goto.freakstic.fr]

@balloob is webserial same as webUSB ?

[mxk@hachyderm.io]

@dragonarchitect @balloob don't those speak webusb instead of webserial?

[fliegerjohn@akk.datenkastl.de]

@balloob nice! No need for chrome anymore!

[tanepiper@tane.codes]

@balloob I tried https://web-serial-app.netlify.app/ with it - it works now, but the popup for the devices doesn't show except for a short moment, accepting 'test-device-1' - with block or allow. Any ideas? Would be nice to get it working, happy to update it

[shtrom@piaille.fr]

@paoloredaelli It's “neutral” now https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#webserial, and a discussion here https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/687 @balloob @mozilla

[markstos@urbanists.social]

@paoloredaelli @balloob @mozilla It seems like somewhere during the ongoing Chromebook era there was a mentality shift that a web browser should be able to do practically everything an OS could. At this point, what's left in terms of what a web browser /can't/ do?

The framing has helped Linux because apps now seem as likely to be created for the web as they are for the dominant desktop OS.

[primalmotion@antisocial.ly]

@balloob boy. finally. I can trash chrome definitely.

[kayohtie@blimps.xyz]

@paoloredaelli @balloob @mozilla I would imagine popularity as well as them just figuring out a security model for implementing it. Maybe, like Chrome, it's not persistent between page loads and must be reauthorized every visit per-device.