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kstrauseryesterday at 11:29 PM1 replyview on HN

The distinction in my mind is that if a browser doesn’t ship with XSLT, then devs have to go through the hassle of adding support for it themselves, but if a browser doesn’t support a device driver, it’s completely impossible for devs to do that themselves.

Without built-in support, XSLT is inconvenient. Without built-in support, things like WebUSB cannot possibly exist.

That’s why I think they can’t be compared directly.


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wpmtoday at 4:56 AM

What? If the browser doesn’t support directly accessing USB hardware, it’s impossible to write a driver for it?

Someone should tell the 25+ year old USB devices I use that their drivers are actually impossible.

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