- From: Nils Dagsson Moskopp <nils@dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 15:28:04 +0200
- To: Rodrigo Polo <rodrigo.polo@gmail.com>
- Cc: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org
Rodrigo Polo <rodrigo.polo@gmail.com> schrieb am Tue, 4 Jun 2013 04:25:49 -0600: > Many apps and web browsers make very difficult to work around geo > location data, making a URI scheme available in all web browsers > could be great, just like "mailto:" opens an email client "geo:" > could open your default maps app on desktop or mobile devices, here I > give you a more detailed review, an open letter to all web browser > devs: http://rod.gs/fixgeo In your blog post, you write: > participating on the slow bureaucracy of open web standards isn’t the > best idea Elaborate on “best”. What track records do open letters have? Also read: <http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_a_specification.3F> Do you know about RFC 5870? <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5870> There seems to exists a Firefox extension already implementing what you want: <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/geo-schema-handler/> The browser Midori already handles geo URIs, Android has a “geo” intent: <http://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce/2011-May/028718.html> <http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/g-app-intents.html> -- Nils Dagsson Moskopp // erlehmann <http://dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
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