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8BitDo announce 'Ultimate Software Online' to update controllers in your browser to help Linux gamers (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 34 points 1 month ago* (8 children)

A downloadable program would be better for if the website were to ever go offline.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Yeah, but a website should make this compatible with all operating systems, not just Linux. BSD should profit from this as well.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I'd prefer if they'd release it as a flatpak. Making it browser based chains you to chromium browsers, since Firefox decided a while back that exposing USB devices directly to the internet was too much of a security concern. Ran into that issue with my keyboard.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago

    Even better is a single downloadable HTML file. Downloadable programs will likely degrade over time, web APIs are highly stable and portable.

    I still wish there was a "pledge" API to allow websites to disable functionality they don't need. For example, this could be a perfect self-contained app that never needs any outside connections.

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