The Espruino 1v3's bootloader had a bug in it which made USB comms unreliable (luckily there was a workaround that the Web IDE (and -k in the modified python bootloader) can apply) - but if you wanted to replace your existing bootloader with the new one without the problem then you could do what is detailed above as well.
edit: just linked this post from the Serial Bootloader page
Espruino is a JavaScript interpreter for low-power Microcontrollers. This site is both a support community for Espruino and a place to share what you are working on.
Wow, thanks! That's really thorough!
The Espruino 1v3's bootloader had a bug in it which made USB comms unreliable (luckily there was a workaround that the Web IDE (and
-k
in the modified python bootloader) can apply) - but if you wanted to replace your existing bootloader with the new one without the problem then you could do what is detailed above as well.edit: just linked this post from the Serial Bootloader page