Scott MacGregor wrote:
> Gagan Saksena wrote:
>
> >I think this is a cool idea but I have these concerns. There are 3 issues here--
> >
> > (1) Invoking external applications (unidirectional) . This basically takes
> >care of people wanting to extend mailto:// etc. I'd like to know why this can not be
> >handled by the work that Scott MacGregor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has been doing on
> >external protocol handlers. Scott can you comment about that here?
> >
> This functionality has already been implemented in mozilla. I don't
> think we want a second implementation by default =). The only thing it's
> missing is a UI for a user to over ride default url schemes mozilla
> handles internally. Currently if mozilla can't handle a url scheme (i.e.
> mailto if you don't have mail installed, telnet, etc.), on Mac and
> Windows we already go through internet config and the windows registry
> to find the right application to run the mailto url. There's a help
> wanted but for someone to figure out if something can be done for Unix.
Scott, can you add "wacky" protocol scheme via the windows registry or Internet Config?
Suppose that I wanted to create a scheme called "dougt://", that launch some
application. Could this be done?
I think what protozilla buys you, or at least part of it, is the ablity to get content
back into the browser after a external helper app is launch. This functionality of
protozilla, could be factored out and added to mozilla. If this is done, we could
modify
your implmention to support this.
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