8BitDo say Ultimate Software Online is their attempt to make things easier for Linux gamers, no need to download a standalone firmware updater app now.
So for the very kind of people who tend to not use Chrome because they’re privacy aware and actually tend to use Ad-Blockers, and who are very likely to be fine with standalone apps, they don’t make a standalone firmware updater app and instead make a Chrome only firmware updater.
I mean, I get it that in Linux accessing a USB-serial device from userspace can require an extra step (add user to “dialout” group), but it’s hardly something that takes more than 1 paragraph to fully explain and you can do the check for access denied in the app and only prompt the user to do it if that error occurs.
You don’t need exactly Google’s Chrome though. ungoogled-chromium works as well and it doesn’t send a bit to any of Big Tech’s servers.
I have it installed and I have already bookmarked 10+ different flashers and updaters I’ve needed so far. And I genuinely think it’s better than 10+ poorly made Electron apps I’d have to install instead.
Though I wouldn’t daily drive a browser that allows websites to screw my USB devices.
I thought it was because Firefox refuses to add webusb? I’ve never seen a web flasher that worked in firefox, always had to use chrome for meshtastic fashing, android web flashers, slimevr firmware updaters, etc.
So for the very kind of people who tend to not use Chrome because they’re privacy aware and actually tend to use Ad-Blockers, and who are very likely to be fine with standalone apps, they don’t make a standalone firmware updater app and instead make a Chrome only firmware updater.
I mean, I get it that in Linux accessing a USB-serial device from userspace can require an extra step (add user to “dialout” group), but it’s hardly something that takes more than 1 paragraph to fully explain and you can do the check for access denied in the app and only prompt the user to do it if that error occurs.
You don’t need exactly Google’s Chrome though.
ungoogled-chromiumworks as well and it doesn’t send a bit to any of Big Tech’s servers.I have it installed and I have already bookmarked 10+ different flashers and updaters I’ve needed so far. And I genuinely think it’s better than 10+ poorly made Electron apps I’d have to install instead.
Though I wouldn’t daily drive a browser that allows websites to screw my USB devices.
Believe it or not, people use Linux for more than just privacy reasons.
I thought it was because Firefox refuses to add webusb? I’ve never seen a web flasher that worked in firefox, always had to use chrome for meshtastic fashing, android web flashers, slimevr firmware updaters, etc.
Web serial works in Firefox now. I’ve been using it with ESPHome.
I heard they recently changed their stance, but as far as I know you’re right on the money.
They did? This is literally the only reason I have still chromium installed.
Installed the 8bitdo windows software using Lutris on Bazzite and it worked just fine for me.
Working your way around stupid obstacles is the Linux way…
Very close to the kind of people who wouldn’t buy 8bitdo, hmm…