Re: web+ and registerProtocolHandler

On 2012-09-10 14:48, Sam Ruby wrote:
> On 09/10/2012 04:01 AM, 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?
>
> The following (publicly archived) email may provide useful context:
>
>    http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Aug/0115.html
>
> I particularly encourage people to look at the "Revisiting this Issue"
> section at the bottom of that email.

I have already stated that I think that decision was flawed (in that 
Maciej didn't get the "doesn't scale" argument, but then also didn't 
ask), but I don't want to re-open it until *this* thread (started by 
Philippe after all) has come to a conclusion.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Monday, 10 September 2012 13:12:02 UTC