Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2013-09-03 Thread Ian Hickson
On Thu, 30 May 2013, chris cargile wrote: > > there seems to be a limitation that either registerProtocolHanlder() > takes GET requests but not POST requests Since you are only ever sent a URL, this seems like the appropriate kind of request, no? On Thu, 30 May 2013, chris cargile wrote: > > ht

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2013-05-30 Thread chris cargile
Outlook i suspect (v. pipermail) removed one of my links to the original bug posting at w3c: https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22022. For convenience, view my email with paragraph breaks at http://ow.ly/lyq8H- Chris From: follybeach...@hotmail.com To: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org Subject

[whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2013-05-30 Thread chris cargile
in case the associated thread of messages for this subject are not referenced by pipermail via this post's title, I wanted to link to them here-http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2009-September/023084.html. I'm writing to discuss/obtain clarification regarding a post that was int

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-10-11 Thread Michael A. Puls II
On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:09:56 -0400, Ian Hickson wrote: On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, Michael A. Puls II wrote: > > > > 3. URI to a help page where the site explains how it makes uses of > > registerProtocolHandler and gives help and support contacts etc. > > The UA can already keep track of the page fro

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-10-11 Thread Ian Hickson
On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, Michael A. Puls II wrote: > > > > > > 3. URI to a help page where the site explains how it makes uses of > > > registerProtocolHandler and gives help and support contacts etc. > > > > The UA can already keep track of the page from which the user > > registered the handler, wh

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-10-05 Thread Michael A. Puls II
On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:27:08 -0400, Ian Hickson wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Michael A. Puls II wrote: Currently, registerProtcolHandler works like this: navigator.registerProtocolHandler("protocol", "http://example.org/?uri=%s";, "title"); However, this doesn't allow the site to specify

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-10-05 Thread Ian Hickson
On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Michael A. Puls II wrote: > > Currently, registerProtcolHandler works like this: > > navigator.registerProtocolHandler("protocol", "http://example.org/?uri=%s";, > "title"); > > However, this doesn't allow the site to specify some useful and > important information about th

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-09-22 Thread Michael A. Puls II
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:46:01 -0400, Anne van Kesteren wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:32:59 +0200, Michael A. Puls II wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:10:02 -0400, Anne van Kesteren wrote: Is this not already known? Or is there no same-origin restriction on these methods? Do you mean, is

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-09-22 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:32:59 +0200, Michael A. Puls II wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:10:02 -0400, Anne van Kesteren wrote: The IRI specification dictates UTF-8 already. But sites might not follow it. Then they will need to be updated if they want to work with registerProtocolHandler an

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-09-22 Thread Michael A. Puls II
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:10:02 -0400, Anne van Kesteren wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:49:15 +0200, Michael A. Puls II wrote: Currently, registerProtcolHandler works like this: navigator.registerProtocolHandler("protocol", "http://example.org/?uri=%s";, "title"); However, this doesn't al

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-09-22 Thread Michael A. Puls II
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:54:12 -0400, João Eiras wrote: 2. The location of an icon like a favicon.ico file or png etc. This is actually a real privacy issue. The user agent would periodically fetch a remove favicon, which discloses the end user's ip. If you go to a site that uses registe

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-09-22 Thread João Eiras
2. The location of an icon like a favicon.ico file or png etc. This is actually a real privacy issue. The user agent would periodically fetch a remove favicon, which discloses the end user's ip. If any, such favicon would need to be made available offline immediately when installing the pro

Re: [whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-09-22 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:49:15 +0200, Michael A. Puls II wrote: Currently, registerProtcolHandler works like this: navigator.registerProtocolHandler("protocol", "http://example.org/?uri=%s";, "title"); However, this doesn't allow the site to specify some useful and important information ab

[whatwg] registerProtocolHandler - allow site to specify more info and do custom handling

2009-09-19 Thread Michael A. Puls II
Currently, registerProtcolHandler works like this: navigator.registerProtocolHandler("protocol", "http://example.org/?uri=%s";, "title"); However, this doesn't allow the site to specify some useful and important information about the site like: 1. What encoding the server expects. For exa