- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:13:04 +0100
- To: Ira McDonald <blueroofmusic@gmail.com>
- CC: Thomas Fruin <thomasfruin@mac.com>, uri@w3.org, David Recordon <davidrecordon@facebook.com>, Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>
On 17.02.2010 02:13, Ira McDonald wrote: > Hi, > > Apparently, the 'fb:' pseudo-URI scheme has escaped seriously > into the visible user environment - the replacement of real 'http:' > URIs with equivalent (???) 'fb:' URIs described below by Thomas > is a spectacular bug. > ... This is what happens when a platform starts to use URIs for things they weren't designed for. If I recall correctly, this issue has been discussed on the TAG mailing list a long time ago (once the iPhone SDK came out?). Apple is well known for using URIs for things they arent't designed for, *and* then (consequently?) not registering them (itms and ical come to mind). The real question here is: what can we do to educate them? Best regards, Julian
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