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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Possibilities with Web Capabilities

Rowdy Rabouw

Can your web app interact directly with local hardware? Discover how Project Fugu's powerful APIs securely bridge the gap between native and web experiences.

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#1 about 2 min

Bridging web and native apps with Project Fugu

How Project Fugu safely brings native device capabilities to the modern web platform.

#2 about 4 min

Securely copying and pasting data with the Clipboard API

How to securely copy and paste text and image blobs using explicit user permissions.

#3 about 3 min

Maximizing user focus using the Full Screen API

How to maximize user focus by making entire documents or specific HTML elements full screen.

#4 about 4 min

Creating floating elements via the Picture-in-Picture API

How to create floating, always-on-top video sequences or custom HTML content elements within the browser.

#5 about 4 min

Utilizing native device features with the Web Share API

How to utilize native device capabilities to share text, links, and specific file types.

#6 about 6 min

Direct hardware communication using the Web USB API

How to communicate directly with hardware endpoints like printers without installing custom operating system drivers.

#7 about 4 min

Accessing local files via the File System Access API

How to safely read and write local system files directly from the browser interface.

#8 about 2 min

Reviewing USB printer submissions and concluding the session

Wrapping up the live hardware demonstration and providing access to the presentation slides and source code repositories.

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2:40 min

Expanding browser capabilities through Project Fugu and hardware APIs

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1:29 min

Closing the web capability gap with Project Fugu

Christian Liebel Christian Liebel · JS Congress

7:29 min

Bridging native capability gaps using the Project Fugu APIs

Christian Liebel Christian Liebel · World Congress 2022

3:09 min

Project Fugu and the core tenants of the web

Lucien Immink · LIVE

9:56 min

Expanding browser capabilities with modern web APIs

Ire Aderinokun · JS Congress

2:23 min

Checking Fugu API compatibility across browsers

Lucien Immink · LIVE

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