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[inexorabletash]

Great job on the EyeDropper API explainer. Over on Chrome we've definitely got partners who have requested web platform support for this use case.

I made a different proposal for the same feature over at whatwg/html#5584 - it would be good for this explainer to call out that alternative, and discuss the trade-offs that led to the current proposal. It is cool to see a different take on this, and I'm excited by what this approach to the API opens up.

Note that I'm very explicitly not advocating for my proposal over this. Having alternatives called out and compared makes for a strong explainer, and proactively heads off later "what about...?" conversations.

[BoCupp-Microsoft]

Thanks for the issue. I've pushed an update to the explainer to call out the original proposal and our rationale in creating a new interface. Please take a look.

[inexorabletash]

Looks good, thanks!

Another Googler also mentioned: "the more direct JS API likely seems ergonomically better for developers"