webusb
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6 months ago | 7 days ago | |
Bikeshed | Rust | |
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webusb
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Why are websites requesting access to motion sensors on my desktop?
> WebUSB is actually a W3C open standard.
This is misleading at best. Here’s what the actual spec says <https://wicg.github.io/webusb/>:
> This specification was published by the Web Platform Incubator Community Group. It is not a W3C Standard nor is it on the W3C Standards Track.
It’s an experimental spec by Google (observe the affiliation of the three editors: all Google); Mozilla has adopted a negative position on it <https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#webusb>; WebKit has not remarked upon it.
- How to do dfu from mobile application over usb
- Mozilla and Quad9 both believe in a non-censored, free and open internet. If Sony Music wins a lawsuit against Quad9, this could end up with mass censorship across ALL DNS providers.
- You should probably disable WebUSB and WebBluetooth in Chrome
- Show HN: Postgres WASM
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The baseline for web development in 2022
This is such a lame argument. You want it to be true but have no evidence that it actually is true.
A lot of the Chrome team's "standards" have problems with accessibility, workability on mobile, security[0], privacy[1], or just battery life. Some are neat experiments that are or only will be used in the wild by advertisers to track and identify users.
Because the Safari/WebKit team doesn't have to chase users for revenue like Mozilla does they can afford to be more conservative with what Google "standards" they support. Being able to offer a tighter privacy posture or efficiency is part of the iOS/macOS sales pitch.
[0] https://github.com/WICG/webusb/issues/50
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22387492/google-floc-ad-t...
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Porting USB applications to the web. Part 1: libusb
Limiting it to installed apps still has the problem of users blindly agreeing to something that is fundamentally super dangerous. I don’t believe installing PWAs currently exposes any new security surface, so this would be a significant change, and worse still a persistent hazard with probably no indication of what’s going on when it’s in use. I think there’s still potential in the general concept, but it’d take work and is certainly not ready yet in any browser.
Yes, certain classes are restricted from access via WebUSB for security, https://wicg.github.io/webusb/#protected-interface-classes. But as the note says, it’s about balance: that list is necessary for security, but not sufficient.
- Ledger Won't Connect to Anything in Any Browser
- WebUSB API
- Nano Ledger S & MyHBARWallet connection issue.
v86
- Run Windows on the browser with WASM power
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WASI 0.2.0 and Why It Matters
> As a thought experiment, we're almost there! We could technically have `win95.img + bochs86vm.wasm + autorun.inf + msword.exe` wrapped in a "browser evaluator"
I looked into this and... holy crap! We are there. Not for modern programs quite yet, sure, but this is amazing. You can use Windows 2000 from your browser.
https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=windows2000
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Is offline-first not enough? Do we need "serverfree"?
I think you are looking for Shadow.
https://shadow.goose.icu
Or just the whole kitchen sink. Why not?
http://copy.sh/v86/?profile=windows98
- Virtual Computer Museum – VNC into Archaic Windows Systems
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Container2wasm: Convert Containers to WASM Blobs
Also: https://github.com/copy/v86 - more productized browser x86 runtime, used by eg https://github.com/snaplet/postgres-wasm
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Show HN: SQL Polyglot
Wonder if you could put all those databases in a Linux image and boot it using v86 [0], eliminating the need for a server.
[0] https://github.com/copy/v86
- Hot Dog Linux
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Kolibri OS: fits on a floppy disk, programmed using interrupts
Trying it out in https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=kolibrios , it's also clearly a love letter to Windows 95 in particular. That could be an unstated goal here, create a very particular PC experience under very particular constraints. I don't know anything about the creator but it's very possible that this kind of work was actually their career in the 90s.
It's incredible how much work was done. Maybe this should be an internet curiosity like how TempleOS has become, though Terry's personality was a unique factor.
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VMware is now part of Broadcom
hmm, why would people still use VMWare? Isn't vbox open source, or even things such as https://copy.sh/v86/ would do most virtualization trick now days?
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Running Windows 98 on the Browser
Oh, there are more OSes one can use at the parent page:
https://copy.sh/v86/
My highlights:
- First version of Windows (1.01)
- SerenityOS <3
- and even ReactOS
What are some alternatives?
evilgophish - evilginx3 + gophish
Chicago95 - A rendition of everyone's favorite 1995 Microsoft operating system for Linux.
file-system-access - Expose the file system on the user’s device, so Web apps can interoperate with the user’s native applications.
webvm - Virtual Machine for the Web
postgres-wasm - A PostgresQL server in your browser
yoroi-frontend - Yoroi Wallet - Cardano ADA Wallet - Your gateway to the financial world (extension frontend)
standards-positions
Electron - :electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
workerd - The JavaScript / Wasm runtime that powers Cloudflare Workers
macos-virtualbox - Push-button installer of macOS Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra guests in Virtualbox on x86 CPUs for Windows, Linux, and macOS
actually-serverless - Dynamic HTTP Endpoints in your Browser
uBlock-issues - This is the community-maintained issue tracker for uBlock Origin