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Re: Allow javascript: URIs for registerProtocolHandler

From: Brendan Eich <brendan@secure.meer.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:48:33 -0400
Message-ID: <5238A401.2060001@secure.meer.net>
To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
CC: "piranna@gmail.com" <piranna@gmail.com>, "public-webapps@w3.org" <public-webapps@w3.org> 
> Anne van Kesteren <mailto:annevk@annevk.nl>
> September 17, 2013 12:25 PM
>
> Really? I thought registerProtocolHandler() was only a hook for
> navigation. As an aside, the plan of record is to limit javascript
> URLs to navigation.

Unless they result in undefined, in which case they evaluate against the 
current DOM. This is crucial for bookmarklets, right? (Not allowed when 
typed or pasted into the navigation toolbar).

/be
Received on Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:49:02 UTC

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