- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 23:06:17 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Robert O'Callahan wrote: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > > > > One possibility for addressing these requirements would be an element > > that acts as a link, button, or icon, or some such, and which invokes > > user agent features. Something like: > > > > <browserbutton type="makeapp"> > > It's an interesting idea. You'd have to remind authors and implementors > that the user can easily be tricked into activating this button so > standard confirmation UI is still required. Indeed. (This isn't unique to this proposal; the original idea of an API would be even more vulnerable to this, since scripts could just invoke it at any time they please.) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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