[whatwg] Registering protocol handlers

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Christian Biesinger wrote:
> > 
> > The spec is just there to make sure that if the page _does_ use the 
> > feature, it can do so in a way that will lead to predictable _server 
> > side_ results, independent of the user agent used.
> 
> OK. I still think that pages would like to know for what content exactly 
> their registered handler will be used ...

That isn't really how the Web works...


> > I'm not sure what you're saying here. The API is just a way to say "I 
> > can handle this type", it's not a way of saying "I want to handle all 
> > content of this type". Is the spec misleading about this? Let me know 
> > if I can reword something to reduce the confusion here.
> 
> I think it is. Consider this sentence:
> "Analogously, the registerContentHandler()  method allows Web sites to
> register themselves as handlers for content in a particular MIME type."
> 
> To me that sounds like "wants to handle (all) content of that type". I 
> suppose the next sentence is trying to clarify this. But if that's not 
> the meaning, I think the sentence should be clarified, although I can't 
> think of a good wording at the moment.

Ok, changed it to "register themselves as possible handlers". Is that 
better?

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