Re: [whatwg] Adding "ipfs" to the safelisted schemes
On Saturday 2018-07-14 21:37 +0200, Mathias Rangel Wulff wrote: > Hi Domenic > > Thank you for getting back to me. > > > Without implementer interest, there's not much we can do on the spec > side. > > Is it correctly understood that with "implementers" you refer to the team > behind each browser implementation? Firefox whitelisted "ipfs" as a safe > scheme in January 2018: > https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/c2cb8a06bcf1 I believe this is a different whitelist, related to Web Extensions. I think the actual list Firefox uses for registerProtocolHandler is based on the following set of preferences: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=network.protocol-handler.external= by the implementation which I believe lives here: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/components/feeds/WebContentConverter.js -David -- 턞 L. David Baron http://dbaron.org/ 턂 턢 Mozilla https://www.mozilla.org/ 턂 Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense. - Robert Frost, Mending Wall (1914)
Re: [whatwg] Adding "ipfs" to the safelisted schemes
Hi Domenic Thank you for getting back to me. > Without implementer interest, there's not much we can do on the spec side. Is it correctly understood that with "implementers" you refer to the team behind each browser implementation? Firefox whitelisted "ipfs" as a safe scheme in January 2018: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/c2cb8a06bcf1 I know that Firefox is more "out there" being a trailblazer for new features but it does indicate that there is a case for adding "ipfs" to the safelisted schemes provided in the HTML specs 8.7.1.3 "Custom scheme handlers: the registerProtocolHandler() method" ( https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/system-state.html#safelisted-scheme) > Unfortunately, we haven't had much success in getting implementers to update this list. Pressure is built one drop at a time. - Mathias Rangel Wulff
Re: [whatwg] Adding "ipfs" to the safelisted schemes
All for it! On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 4:38 PM Mathias Rangel Wulff wrote: > To whom it might concern > > In short, I suggest adding "ipfs" to the safelisted schemes provided in the > HTML specs 8.7.1.3 "Custom scheme handlers: the registerProtocolHandler() > method" ( > https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/system-state.html#safelisted-scheme > ) > > The idea of building a decentralised web was core in the early days of what > we now know as the internet. Today the landscape of the internet has vastly > changed; centralised megahubs of content has turned the client-server > distribution model into a much more throttle prone and censorable beast > than ever imagined. > > > > The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol > where content is stored in a distributed manner and addressed by content > identifiers. The project has gained much traction since its inception in > 2014, and vast amounts of data are now stored in this parallel web of peers > providing a genuinely decentralised infrastructure for exchanging data. > > To enhance mainstream adoption the regular browser experience needs to > bridge how content is accessed via IPFS. Browser plugins already exists, > but implementation and fallback mechanisms are limited due to existing (and > legitimate) safety concerns. > > Adding "ipfs" to the safelisted schemes of the registerProtocolHandler > method will significantly improve the seamless adoption of a censor > resistant and decentralised internet, bringing the user experience closer > to what was originally envisioned for the world wide web. > > As an example, the browser Brave (brave.com) is now working on native > support for providing content via IPFS as a seamlessly integrated part of > the user experience. Building upon The Chromium Project (chromium.org) a > whitelisting of "ipfs" as a safe scheme will be a step towards Brave > providing its users with a more decentralised web. > > For more information about IPFS, please visit https://ipfs.io > > > - Mathias Rangel Wulff > -- /pp
