[whatwg] Device Element

[Seth Brown]

Never thought about doing it that way. Since unix handles devices as
files it looks like implementing this on unix and unix like systems
would be relatively easy.

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Diego Perini <diego.perini at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmmm...
>
> I can currently read incoming RS232 and USB data in my OS X using
> Firefox 3.6.13 and the "file:" protocol:
>
>   file:///dev/tty.BT-GPS010B62-SerialPort
>
> do I have an insecure system ? An insecure browser ?
>
> Or do we already have part of what is requested in some browser ?
>
> --
> Diego