Concrete contribution to Web Payments

Pardon me if I have used too much list bandwidth to express my somewhat pessimistic
view on W3C's ability "upgrading" the payment world.

To make you feel slightly happier (?), I can report that I'm in the *very* early phases of
implementing a browser extension in Firefox which combines smart card technology
and Web Crypto which have multiple uses including payments:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=978867

This project has to date no moral, monetary, or technical support from anybody.
I haven't even been able to get constructive feedback on the concept itself.

My hope is that Mozilla will include the code (when ready...) in the shipping browser
but this is one of the many hurdles we are facing today: Browser vendor support.
Open Source is by no means a guarantee for success!

Cheers
Anders

Received on Friday, 11 April 2014 08:26:04 UTC