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Oh, well, maybe :) My point was that in Windows <= 7 you needed to install a custom driver to allow WebUSB to work with your specific device. From Windows 8 and up, you can use WebUSB to talk to your device without installing anything at all, which makes it a lot easier for the end users!

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Unfortunately, that's not entirely true. If your device is designed for WebUSB and has its specific descriptor, then yeah, you don't need to change any drivers.

However, as mentioned in the article, if it's a "well-known" device, then you still need to use Zadig and override the driver to something like WinUSB.

Yes indeed. But if, like us, you have full control over how your device operates, then you at least have a path to make it plug'n'play on Windows > 7. Before that, we were out of luck.

Ah yeah, that should be easier! I was mostly coming from the perspective of trying to get DSLR working in the demo :)

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