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[ NNSquad ] Maverick: Providing Web Applications with Safe and Flexible Access to Local Devices 

Maverick: Providing Web Applications with Safe and Flexible Access to
Local Devices

http://bit.ly/k90ZjN  (University of Washington [PDF])

     This paper describes Maverick, a browser that provides Web
     applications with safe and exible access to local devices. Maverick
     lets Web programmers implement USB device drivers and frameworks, like
     file systems or streaming video layers, using standard Web programming
     technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, or even code executed in a
     native client sandbox. These Web drivers and Web frameworks are
     downloaded dynamically from Web servers and executed by browsers
     alongside Web applications. Maverick provides Web drivers with
     protected access to the USB bus, and it provides Web drivers and
     frameworks with event-driven IPC channels to communicate with each
     other and with Web applications.

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--Lauren--
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