> I really like this idea - but is there any evidence that users of the web want this?
Yes. A simple (and probably the most common) example is using a web-based email client and wanting mailto: links to open in it.
> What is the user experience when a user clicks on a link for which they don't have a scheme handler?
The OS will likely prompt for them to get an app that handles the protocol.
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From: Terence Eden <terence.eden@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk>
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 2:06 AM
To: Thomas Steiner <tomac@google.com>
Cc: Marcos Caceres <marcos@marcosc.com>, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>, Diego Gonzalez <luigonza@microsoft.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: CFC: addition of "protocol_handlers" to web manifest
I really like this idea - but is there any evidence that users of the web want this?
What is the user experience when a user clicks on a link for which they don't have a scheme handler?
On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, 10:00 Thomas Steiner, <tomac@google.com<mailto:tomac@google.com>> wrote:
Some more background on this feature: https://web.dev/url-protocol-handler/.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 10:05 AM Marcos Caceres <marcos@marcosc.com<mailto:marcos@marcosc.com>> wrote:
> On 22 Jul 2021, at 6:01 pm, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com<mailto:anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Are "deep-links" also a part of the Web Manifest?
Yes.
> Since PaymentRequest doesn't support a "companion API" for payment credential enrollment, "deep-links" have become the de-facto standard for Web2Native integration, also for payments.
This is out of scope for this working group.
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