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Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/commands.html Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html#devices Comment: RS232 and USB should be included. Right now we cannot deoploy software as a web app that needs to interface with locally installed hardware. For example I just built an application for an industry that requires hardware interaction. I also had to write a locally installed proxy that relayed information sent to a tcp port to a hardware device connected to a serial port. If the device tag was in place this could have been a completely web based application. Posted from: 76.97.127.238
*** Bug 11611 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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*** Bug 11603 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 11679 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 11741 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***