Re: [whatwg] Proposal: Deprecate registerProtocolHandler/registerContentHandler via Web Intents

2012-08-17 Thread Brett Zamir
On 2/16/2012 7:39 AM, James Hawkins wrote: We, the designers of the Web Intents draft API, have always seen Web Intents as a superset of the functionality provided by registerProtocolHandler (RPH) and registerContentHandler (RCH). To follow this to the logical conclusion, we should be able to pr

Re: [whatwg] Proposal: Deprecate registerProtocolHandler/registerContentHandler via Web Intents

2012-02-21 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
Þann þri 21.feb 2012 19:41, skrifaði James Hawkins: Is this use case not fully handled by the UA specifying the appropriate action when building the intent, e.g., the user right-clicks on an image in a page and the UA constructs context menu items for edit/share/etc. action? Not if the image is b

Re: [whatwg] Proposal: Deprecate registerProtocolHandler/registerContentHandler via Web Intents

2012-02-21 Thread James Hawkins
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote: > Þann þri 21.feb 2012 18:44, skrifaði James Hawkins: > >> I'm not sure if the proposal was explicit enough, but for the RPH-esque >> functionality in Web Intents, we activate WI in the same circumstances >> RPH is activated, which is whe

Re: [whatwg] Proposal: Deprecate registerProtocolHandler/registerContentHandler via Web Intents

2012-02-21 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
Þann þri 21.feb 2012 18:44, skrifaði James Hawkins: I'm not sure if the proposal was explicit enough, but for the RPH-esque functionality in Web Intents, we activate WI in the same circumstances RPH is activated, which is when links are activated in a page. Can you elucidate how the scenarios yo

Re: [whatwg] Proposal: Deprecate registerProtocolHandler/registerContentHandler via Web Intents

2012-02-21 Thread James Hawkins
Thanks for your feedback, Bjartur. On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote: > Þann mið 15.feb 2012 23:39, skrifaði James Hawkins: > > * If |scheme| is specified, |action| *should* (must?) be ignored. >> > Why would you forbid distinguishing between actions on URIs? Postal and

Re: [whatwg] Proposal: Deprecate registerProtocolHandler/registerContentHandler via Web Intents

2012-02-21 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
Þann mið 15.feb 2012 23:39, skrifaði James Hawkins: * If |scheme| is specified, |action| *should* (must?) be ignored. Why would you forbid distinguishing between actions on URIs? Postal and retrieval of mail, for example, are quite distinct actions. As are modification and retrieval of documen

[whatwg] Proposal: Deprecate registerProtocolHandler/registerContentHandler via Web Intents

2012-02-15 Thread James Hawkins
We, the designers of the Web Intents draft API, have always seen Web Intents as a superset of the functionality provided by registerProtocolHandler (RPH) and registerContentHandler (RCH). To follow this to the logical conclusion, we should be able to provide functionally equivalent counterparts to