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List:       webkit-dev
Subject:    Re: [webkit-dev] Support "registerProtocolHandler" in WebKit2
From:       Sam Weinig <weinig () apple ! com>
Date:       2015-07-04 17:24:55
Message-ID: 4764DA05-4726-4258-9486-AE35E99A2FD7 () apple ! com
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(Sorry, had this sitting in my drafts).

My concern with the registerProtocolHandler() API is that it complicates an already \
the very complicated area of custom protocols and a good implementation requires \
configuration UI (to choose which of potentially multiple apps/websites you want a \
specific protocol to go to) that I am not sure users are in the position make.  

That, coupled with the small existing usage on the web and very few (if any) reports \
from developers that they want this, leads me to think it isn't a good API for us to \
support.

From an implementation perspective I also have concerns.  How is this should the \
registration data be managed? Can it fit in the WebSiteData model we are using for \
other data? Does it account for non-persistent sessions?  And lastly, can we get the \
code size of supporting a feature like this to be smaller?   

- Sam

> On Jun 7, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Darin Adler <darin@apple.com> wrote:
> 
> Are we making progress in this discussion?
> 
> Maciej stated that he thinks this is useful for mailto and I think that Gyuyoung \
> Kim and Michael Catanzaro stated that they want to do this. 
> As one next step in the discussion, is there anyone that wants to present a use \
> case for a protocol other than mailto? 
> Sam, Anders, you haven't replied to the thread since Maciej made his remarks two \
> weeks ago. He asked what you dislike about the API. 
> — Darin
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