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cicko 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: window.showDirectoryPicker opens up a whole new wo...

Too many prompts and not an official API. Back in the day, IE also had tons of "great" and novel ideas, including COM+ something something.

libria 3 months ago | [–]

They also popularized XMLHttpRequest. Sometimes a flexible idea can trend to the greater ecosystem.

steve1977 3 months ago | [–]

ActiveX something something!

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