- From: Odin Hørthe Omdal <odinho@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:19:32 +0100
- To: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org
On Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:41:59 +0100, Nils Dagsson Moskopp <nils@dieweltistgarnichtso.net> wrote: > Shane Allen <shane@snoonet.org> schrieb am Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:40:11 > -0600: > >> > A protocol attribute for <link> elements would be totally hilarious. >> Not if the device is a tablet, or a phone running a browser that >> supports it. Need support from a page/article or even a project? Hit >> a button, and if the protocol is implemented, you're in the IRC >> channel able to garnish that support instantly. > We probably misunderstood each other. Protocols are mentioned at the > beginning of a URL; having a protocol attribute on a <link> element > would therefore be redundant. To illustrate: <link rel=chat protocol=irc href=irc://irc.freenode.com/whatwg> Instead of: <link rel=chat href=irc://irc.freenode.com/whatwg> Or a more fitting example of how it could be used: <a href="http://whatwg.org" protocol="http">WHATWG</a> But, what happens now? <a href="http://whatwg.org" protocol="mailto">WHATWG</a> Hilarious :-) -- Odin Hørthe Omdal (Velmont/odinho) · Core, Opera Software, http://opera.com
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