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Feature Highlight: PaymentRequest API
“My favorite carrot cake recipe? Sure, I'll tell you! But first, can I interest you in a new mattress? Or maybe some shoes?”.
Ads can seem like an inescapable part of the web, especially when you're trying to bake a new pastry. But the PaymentRequest API could be the first step towards making browser-integrated micro-payments a reality. And that fact alone makes it worth keeping an eye on.
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Opening and saving a file is one of the most basic app capabilities, and yet until recently was unattainable for web apps — until the File System Access API. It is therefore no surprise that it topped the chart of positive sentiment.
On the other hand, device APIs such as WebUSB, Web Bluetooth, or WebNFC collected the least interest, verifying once more that the features that gather the most interest are those that solve basic, common problems.
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- Used it: Respondents who have used an item.
- Heard of it: Respondents who have heard about an item, but haven't used it.
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- Positive: Respondents who are interested in learning more about a technology; or are willing to use it again.
- Neutral: Responents who did not indicate any sentiment about a technology.
- Negative: Respondents who are not interested in learning more about a technology; or have used it and had a negative experience.
Link to sectionSystem Capabilities Pain Points
The data paints a very vivid picture: the top pain point here is neither ergonomics, nor limitations, but browser support, and more specifically, a specific vendor that many developers see as obstructing the web platform's progress.
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