[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)
        
 (HTM) web link (developer.mozilla.org)
 (TXT) 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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