Hello, It's unfortunate that the WebUSB API does not support smart cards readers. With the navigator.usb.requestDevice() method, the user can select a device and thus authorize it to use it. Why would it then be blocked?
Interesting initiative with too many restrictions to use. Have you got a solution ? Thank's a lot, Fabien Le vendredi 24 mai 2019 à 18:14:35 UTC+2, [email protected] a écrit : > вторник, 20 марта 2018 г., 23:01:43 UTC+3 пользователь Reilly Grant > написал: > >> Motivation >> >> The WebUSB API is designed to provide a mechanism for device >> manufacturers and developers to build applications supporting novel >> hardware on the web instead of through native apps. As explained in the >> original Intent to Ship >> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/KuXx_k2KIis/-g-75FScBgAJ> >> >> for WebUSB, most USB devices fall into one of a number of standardized >> device classes <http://www.usb.org/developers/defined_class> for which >> there are already high-level APIs provided by the Web Platform. For each of >> these interface classes the high-level API is the supported path and WebUSB >> is the unsupported path. >> >> Couldn't you make it a bit clearer: with WebUSB blocking access is there > any built-in high-level javascript API to access smart cards? Is there > any being in development? Or the motivation to block the access to smart > cards is different from the stated one? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/9943b967-1264-4554-ad67-e53be9dd1d0fn%40chromium.org.
