The Contact Picker API: How One Browser Feature Moved From Experiment to Web Standard

A look at the quiet process behind bringing native-style contact sharing to the open web, and what it reveals about how browser APIs become standards.

The Contact Picker API: How One Browser Feature Moved From Experiment to Web Standard A look at the quiet process behind bringing native-style contact sharing to the open web, and what it reveals about how browser APIs become standards. Explore how the Contact Picker API evolved from experimental feature to emerging web standard, and what its journey reveals about browser API development. There is a moment, familiar to anyone who has built for the mobile web, when you realize that a capability users take for...