Re: web+ and registerProtocolHandler

On 2012-09-10 10:01, Larry Masinter wrote:
> since this affects ietf and w3c, and public-ietf-w3c is publicly
> archived, could someone explain why allowing registering arbitrary
> web+xxx scheme handlers is any better than allowing arbitrary
> (unblacklisted) xxx scheme handlers?
> ...

I think the idea is that when the next "http" comes around, web sites 
will not be able to change the system default for it.

That being said, registering a system-wide URI handler needs admin 
privileges anyway, right? (at least on Windows).

Best regards, Julian

Received on Monday, 10 September 2012 08:09:04 UTC