Re: Review of Payment Apps Proposal from Ian Jacobs on 2016-04-22 (public-payments-wg@w3.org from April 2016)

From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:25:26 -0500
To: David Illsley <david.illsley@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk>
Cc: Adam Roach <abr@mozilla.com>, Shane McCarron <shane@spec-ops.io>, Adrian Bateman <adrianba@microsoft.com>, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>, Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com>, Adrian Hope-Bailie <adrian@hopebailie.com>, Web Payments Working Group <public-payments-wg@w3.org>
Message-Id: <1C6BD6EC-2CD6-47D0-B233-653F886169B7@w3.org>

> On Apr 22, 2016, at 11:16 AM, David Illsley <david.illsley@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk> wrote:
> 
> I don't think I understand how browsers can be prevented from allowing payment without supporting registration?
> 

I believe the short answer is: the browser can act as a payment application. Or, perhaps on some platforms, provide
seamless access to payment applications.

I understand our goal to be to foster an open ecosystem for payment apps (including browsers-as-payment-apps
but not limited to those).

Ian

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