- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:49:59 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Christian Biesinger wrote: > > > > The spec is just there to make sure that if the page _does_ use the > > feature, it can do so in a way that will lead to predictable _server > > side_ results, independent of the user agent used. > > OK. I still think that pages would like to know for what content exactly > their registered handler will be used ... That isn't really how the Web works... > > I'm not sure what you're saying here. The API is just a way to say "I > > can handle this type", it's not a way of saying "I want to handle all > > content of this type". Is the spec misleading about this? Let me know > > if I can reword something to reduce the confusion here. > > I think it is. Consider this sentence: > "Analogously, the registerContentHandler() method allows Web sites to > register themselves as handlers for content in a particular MIME type." > > To me that sounds like "wants to handle (all) content of that type". I > suppose the next sentence is trying to clarify this. But if that's not > the meaning, I think the sentence should be clarified, although I can't > think of a good wording at the moment. Ok, changed it to "register themselves as possible handlers". Is that better? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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