<![CDATA[WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !!]]>WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! ๐ŸŽ‰

Enable it in about:config and it all just works as expected. Took a brand new ESP32 and had a new Bluetooth proxy added to Home Assistant within 2 minutes ๐Ÿ‘Œ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/2e791640-7c62-4b69-9b0c-0e71926e85cd/webserial-has-landed-in-firefox-nightlyRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 06:32:29 GMTMon, 13 Apr 2026 17:04:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:04:12 GMT]]>@tanepiper @balloob awesome, glad to hear it!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/gregstoll/statuses/116409332674553851https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/gregstoll/statuses/116409332674553851Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:04:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:45:33 GMT]]>@fds2610 @stereo @balloob Man kann auch Helium nutzen, solange das noch nicht stabil ist und man kein Chrome/Edge mag: https://github.com/imputnet/helium

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freiburg.social/users/blackforestmesh/statuses/116408551557463403https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freiburg.social/users/blackforestmesh/statuses/116408551557463403Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:45:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:50:39 GMT]]>@gregstoll @balloob Ahh yes I set it to true! That'll be it ๐Ÿ‘

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tane.codes/users/tanepiper/statuses/116407156072489469https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tane.codes/users/tanepiper/statuses/116407156072489469Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:50:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:03:51 GMT]]>@tanepiper @balloob Hello! Can you confirm that the โ€œdom.webserial.testing.enabledโ€preference (in about:config) is set to false?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/gregstoll/statuses/116405084617478332https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/gregstoll/statuses/116405084617478332Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:03:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:21:15 GMT]]>@balloob ๐Ÿ˜ณ wow!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hessen.social/users/RichieRich/statuses/116404681148775505https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hessen.social/users/RichieRich/statuses/116404681148775505Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:21:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:42:14 GMT]]>@mxk @balloob Tbh as an effectively-end user of these things, I don't know what APIs they use. I just care that I can't use these things on Firefox and I'm forced to wake up some Chrome-based browser to do the thing. ๐Ÿ˜ 

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://rubber.social/users/dragonarchitect/statuses/116404527720105045https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://rubber.social/users/dragonarchitect/statuses/116404527720105045Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:42:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:56:15 GMT]]>@balloob when will it be released tho

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/commanderred/statuses/116403875052886431https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/commanderred/statuses/116403875052886431Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:56:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:36:36 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blimps.xyz/users/KayOhtie/statuses/116403561850108156https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blimps.xyz/users/KayOhtie/statuses/116403561850108156Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:36:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:47:46 GMT]]>@balloob boy. finally. I can trash chrome definitely.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://antisocial.ly/users/primalmotion/statuses/116403369816162812https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://antisocial.ly/users/primalmotion/statuses/116403369816162812Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:47:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:31:13 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/markstos/statuses/116403304733782449https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/markstos/statuses/116403304733782449Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:31:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:25:03 GMT]]>@paoloredaelli It's โ€œneutralโ€ now https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#webserial, and a discussion here https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/687 @balloob @mozilla

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/shtrom/statuses/116403044573955042https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/shtrom/statuses/116403044573955042Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:25:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:22:33 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tane.codes/users/tanepiper/statuses/116403034721156724https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tane.codes/users/tanepiper/statuses/116403034721156724Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:22:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:49:55 GMT]]>@balloob nice! No need for chrome anymore! ๐Ÿต]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://akk.datenkastl.de/objects/f1a150cc-6cd6-4472-828d-ba0bcd319acbhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://akk.datenkastl.de/objects/f1a150cc-6cd6-4472-828d-ba0bcd319acbTue, 14 Apr 2026 11:49:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:27:41 GMT]]>@dragonarchitect @balloob don't those speak webusb instead of webserial?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mxk/statuses/116402818993288545https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mxk/statuses/116402818993288545Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:27:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:24:28 GMT]]>@balloob is webserial same as webUSB ?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://goto.freakstic.fr/users/elsactivitypub/statuses/01KP5VRMPNSPDYH3C6H0WCCJBChttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://goto.freakstic.fr/users/elsactivitypub/statuses/01KP5VRMPNSPDYH3C6H0WCCJBCTue, 14 Apr 2026 11:24:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:12:54 GMT]]>@balloob NOICE! one of the few reasons for me to keep a Chromium nearby finally eliminated!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DJGummikuh/statuses/116402760886843559https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DJGummikuh/statuses/116402760886843559Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:12:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:12:13 GMT]]>@balloob nice. There goes my only reason to have a chrome-based browser. Finally!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/dalcacer/statuses/116402758205337794https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/dalcacer/statuses/116402758205337794Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:12:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:11:49 GMT]]>@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 )

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/rcgj_OxPhys/statuses/116402048841931435https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/rcgj_OxPhys/statuses/116402048841931435Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:11:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:08:00 GMT]]>@balloob Finally!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ml/users/drq/statuses/116402033837716828https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ml/users/drq/statuses/116402033837716828Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:08:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:43:01 GMT]]>@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

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116401699666258246https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116401699666258246Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:43:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:40:28 GMT]]>@balloob cant wait for websystemd and then, finally, webweb.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116401689611424239https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116401689611424239Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:40:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:37:55 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swecyb.com/users/troed/statuses/116401679572613708https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swecyb.com/users/troed/statuses/116401679572613708Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:37:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:06:15 GMT]]>@balloob
Took them long enough
@tobozo

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/loudfpv/statuses/116401555052175520https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/loudfpv/statuses/116401555052175520Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:06:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:50:03 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/paoloredaelli/statuses/116401491366625702https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/paoloredaelli/statuses/116401491366625702Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:50:03 GMT