← Back to context Comment by RoryH 10 hours ago Hmmm, It seems to require the WebUSB API: https://caniuse.com/?search=webusb 5 comments RoryH Reply amiga386 10 hours ago If the site can detect that it can't use WebUSB, it can give you instructions on how to download and flash the mobile OS, not tell you to fuck off.Compare: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/tokay/ onli 10 hours ago That's not an installer, that's a device page.It's the specific functionality needed here that Firefox lacks that makes the /e/ page show the warning, unlike the lineage page that does not have the problem in the first place. fransje26 10 hours ago The fun part is that I got to this installer page by clicking on "Check device compatibility" on the https://e.foundation/e-os/ page..So I was actually expecting a device page, not a WebUSB program.. 1 reply → herrherrmann 10 hours ago Absolutely. This is handled very badly, and I was also surprised about the bad UX on that screen.
amiga386 10 hours ago If the site can detect that it can't use WebUSB, it can give you instructions on how to download and flash the mobile OS, not tell you to fuck off.Compare: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/tokay/ onli 10 hours ago That's not an installer, that's a device page.It's the specific functionality needed here that Firefox lacks that makes the /e/ page show the warning, unlike the lineage page that does not have the problem in the first place. fransje26 10 hours ago The fun part is that I got to this installer page by clicking on "Check device compatibility" on the https://e.foundation/e-os/ page..So I was actually expecting a device page, not a WebUSB program.. 1 reply → herrherrmann 10 hours ago Absolutely. This is handled very badly, and I was also surprised about the bad UX on that screen.
onli 10 hours ago That's not an installer, that's a device page.It's the specific functionality needed here that Firefox lacks that makes the /e/ page show the warning, unlike the lineage page that does not have the problem in the first place. fransje26 10 hours ago The fun part is that I got to this installer page by clicking on "Check device compatibility" on the https://e.foundation/e-os/ page..So I was actually expecting a device page, not a WebUSB program.. 1 reply →
fransje26 10 hours ago The fun part is that I got to this installer page by clicking on "Check device compatibility" on the https://e.foundation/e-os/ page..So I was actually expecting a device page, not a WebUSB program.. 1 reply →
herrherrmann 10 hours ago Absolutely. This is handled very badly, and I was also surprised about the bad UX on that screen.
If the site can detect that it can't use WebUSB, it can give you instructions on how to download and flash the mobile OS, not tell you to fuck off.
Compare: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/tokay/
That's not an installer, that's a device page.
It's the specific functionality needed here that Firefox lacks that makes the /e/ page show the warning, unlike the lineage page that does not have the problem in the first place.
The fun part is that I got to this installer page by clicking on "Check device compatibility" on the https://e.foundation/e-os/ page..
So I was actually expecting a device page, not a WebUSB program..
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Absolutely. This is handled very badly, and I was also surprised about the bad UX on that screen.