[HN Gopher] Barcode Detection API
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Barcode Detection API
 
Author : addcninblue
Score  : 14 points
Date   : 2022-03-09 22:26 UTC (34 minutes ago)
 
web link (developer.mozilla.org)
w3m dump (developer.mozilla.org)
 
| miohtama wrote:
| As the page does not discuss the motivation behind the API, does
| anyone know why this is "native" API and not just a generic image
| processing script implemented with JavaScript / WebGL / etc.?
 
  | bena wrote:
  | Because while barcode scanning is a subset of image processing,
  | it's a use case that's pretty common.
 
  | rahimnathwani wrote:
  | To allow the implementation to take advantage of libraries
  | provided by the operating system[0] (where available), without
  | the web site developer needing to even know that it's
  | happening.
  | 
  | [0] or things like Google Play Services.
 
| ape4 wrote:
| Even thought its on mozilla.org is not supported by Firefox
| according to the matrix at the bottom.
 
  | happytoexplain wrote:
  | These docs are a general web developer resource that Mozilla
  | maintains - they are not specific to Mozilla products.
 
  | hunterb123 wrote:
  | You'll find many features in MDN docs that applies to.
  | 
  | That's mainly because of the expansiveness of MDN docs,
  | somewhat due to the funding distribution of Mozilla.
 
| PaulHoule wrote:
| ... it decodes the barcode too?
 
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