• dan@upvote.au
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    2 months ago

    Why install a native app when a website can do it? It’s very common to use a website to flash ESPHome for example.

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      2 months ago

      Well you have more control over it and not dependent on the server. Also it should be more private I guess. I’m not judging, just asking if there was no native app that you felt forced to use a worse browser.

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        2 months ago

        not dependent on the server

        It doesn’t have to be - a developer could also provide a HTML file that the user can download and open locally.

        And to be honest, if someone had to build a user-friendly cross-platform GUI app for connecting to some sort of serial device, they’d probably just end up using web technologies (Electron or Tauri) anyways. May as well avoid the extra overhead of Electron.