- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:21:52 +0100
- To: "Shyam Habarakada" <shyamh@microsoft.com>, "public-html-comments@w3c.org" <public-html-comments@w3c.org>
NB: personal view On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:41:16 +0100, Shyam Habarakada <shyamh@microsoft.com> wrote: > [...] > > There is related behavior where the user-agent behavior should be called > out explicitly*. That is, an application installed on the client must be > able to register protocol and content handlers such that the user-agent > can seamlessly pass control of said protocols and content to the correct > application. With that, service providers and application developers > would gain additional flexibility in providing end-users the choice of > using either web-based services or installed applications to manage > their tasks/information. > > * Is the HTML5 spec the right place for this? Isn't that what happens when the user installs software or can configure in that software? The API defined in HTML 5 is intended for Web applications that want to register for handling protocols. (Such as an e-mail application registering for mailto.) -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/> <http://www.opera.com/>
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