Re:Using Web Bluetooth to Communicate with Bluetooth Devices
by nobodyshere on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @06:01AM
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It is indeed very likely going to die. Webkit team isn't even considering it anymore now.
Re:Using Web Bluetooth to Communicate with Bluetooth Devices
by Ajedi32 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:29AM
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Webkit is missing a _lot_ of useful features. Safari not implementing something doesn't have to mean its dead. It just means iOS users will be forced to download a separate app to interact with Bluetooth devices via the web.
Re:Using Web Bluetooth to Communicate with Bluetooth Devices
by nobodyshere on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:12PM
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Do they provide such a low level API to usual mortal developers? This isn't going to be nice and comfy in terms of usability if it happens the way you describe.
Re:Using Web Bluetooth to Communicate with Bluetooth Devices
by stabbles on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @06:25AM
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Do you have a source for that?
Re:Using Web Bluetooth to Communicate with Bluetooth Devices
by guzik on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @06:25AM
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I think he refers to https://webkit.org/status/#?status=not%20considering
Re:Using Web Bluetooth to Communicate with Bluetooth Devices
by nobodyshere on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:11PM
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Sorry for not linking it. Thank you guzik for doing what I should've done. That's the link I meant.
Re:Using Web Bluetooth to Communicate with Bluetooth Devices
by neoeldex on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @06:38AM
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Webkit itself is very likely to die xD. Who uses safari nowadays?
Re:Using Web Bluetooth to Communicate with Bluetooth Devices
by realusername on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @07:17AM
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I would not say it's likely to die because it's obviously false since on iOS it's the only choice but it's true that when you see the release logs of Safari, it's moving very slowly very far behind Chrome or Firefox.
Re:Using Web Bluetooth to Communicate with Bluetooth Devices
by simonklitj on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:07PM
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Safari has 15% of the browser market share (https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share) (including mobile). WebKit will probably be fine for the foreseeable future.
* It's multiplatform.
* You can rapidly upload the changes (it's web)
* Bluetooth 4.0+ is faster than semihosting (and Bluetooth 5 even more).
* You don't have to use wires.
but what worries me is that there is a visible slowdown in the development of Web Bluetooth (at least when we compare it to the rapid growth in 2015-2017). Is it going to be a dead technology soon? Because it is way behind being a mature tech.