- From: Bob Aman <bob@sporkmonger.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:55:59 -0400
- To: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Cc: Kristof Zelechovski <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl>, uri-review@ietf.org, uri@w3.org
>> I have a problem with this in the general case because I don't think >> there's currently a way for such a URI to be registered to a specific >> application in any major browser. > > Take a look at greasemonkey: > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748 > Greasemonkey is based on recognizing URI patterns and performing special > functions when such patterns are recognized. I'm familiar with greasemonkey. Last I checked, greasemonkey didn't launch applications so much as rewrite pages in place, and even if it could, that's not even remotely user-friendly. Beyond that, it's not something that really applies outside of the Firefox ecosystem. The point isn't that it's not technically feasible, the point is that it's a path that has way more technical and psychological hurdles to overcome than getting a scheme registered with the IANA. -Bob Aman
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