Firefox surely does not want people using WebMIDI...
Why is this prompt so different from all the others that ask for permission??
WebMIDI does work in FF 108 after you accept to install the extra addon for each site specifically, but damn couldn't it be a bit less scary? 😱
@falktx isn't midi turing complete, and requires a lot more access to your hardware than just about any other plugin?
I thought they gave up finding security holes in MIDI drivers because some of them are there by specification?
@Canageek
security and MIDI dont have to be related.
MIDI is a super simple and trivial protocol, just some bytes to designate status and channel, plus some values to go along with a message. midi messages dont typically take more than 3 7-bit values.
exception is sysex, which allows to talk directly to hardware yes.
but sysex is an optional flag on the webmidi API request.
the cardinal web app thing does not request sysex permissions but that popup still appears.
@falktx ah, TIL thank you!