Re: [widgets] Widgets URI scheme... it's baaaack!

On 27 May 2009, at 10:58, timeless wrote:

> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org> wrote:
>> 2. Where does the requirement for query strings suddenly come  
>> from?  I can't
>> find it in the current editor's draft, and (beyond a side  
>> discussion with
>> timeless) don't recall conversation about it.
>
> Basically web apps expect that window.location behave properly, if you
> use a scheme such as data:

Just to be clear...  The expectation you're talking about is that:

1. upon dereferencing, the query part is ignored
2. when present, it's propagated into window.location.query

Correct?

> data:text/html,<script>alert(window.location.query%20? 
> %20window.location.query%20:%20"query
> is not supported")</script>?%20Wouldn't%20it%20be%20nice?
>
> note that i can't do anything useful with this web app encoded as a
> data url because query is empty.
>
> Query based web apps are very common.
>
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>
> Note: regrets for the next meeting, I'm traveling again.
>

Received on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 09:03:38 UTC