1835412 - Sites breaking due to the lack of WebHID support

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Device Interfaces, defect, P3)

Description

[Ksenia Berezina [:ksenia]]

Symptoms:

• Users see an error message claiming that their browser is unsupported
• Connecting to some kind of hardware fails

Comment 1

[Kelimutu [:kiki]]

Additional comment from the Customer Experience team:

This API also corresponds with the Crypto Ledger issue we've been seeing since Firefox 114: https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/issues/18566#issuecomment-1544322674. Some of the inquiries we received:

• https://twitter.com/morebang69eth/status/1671848832370454529
• https://twitter.com/aplusdomains1/status/1715458448265973952

Comment 2

[sebastian]

WebHID is also used heavily by VIA (project), which can easily be tested via their "flashing" website and they also leverage WebHID. Many people use VIA to flash/configure their (sometimes split or ergonomic) keyboards. Just tested with Firefox version 136.0.3 and it does not work.

Comment 3

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The severity field is not set for this bug.
:cmartin, could you have a look please?

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