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Re:WebUSB API: draft spec to safely expose USB device servic... by weddpros on Sunday April 10, 2016 @11:26AM (#11466536)
and only works in a browser... which makes it useless for all the people who care about color.

It should really be the responsibility of the OS only... and browsers should all be ICC aware to begin with (a few years ago, only Safari was)

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Re:WebUSB API: draft spec to safely expose USB device servic... by sillysaurus3 on Sunday April 10, 2016 @11:30AM (#11466563)
It's a device, so it can feed the information to all the programs on your computer. WebUSB is a way to make it useful from day one, but it's not the sole target.
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Re:WebUSB API: draft spec to safely expose USB device servic... by weddpros on Sunday April 10, 2016 @02:18PM (#11467438)
WebUSB is a way to make it useful from day one => if WebUSB was marketed with this business goal, then why not (except nobody would buy it)? but the implications are so much wider, in terms of security and usability...

Why not WebSATA? WebPCI?

There are certainly a few key actors who would benefit from such a standard (benefits could be time to market), I'm just not sure it's enough benefits for the end user to justify a new standard!

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