[whatwg] Proposal to extend registerProtocolHandler

[James Kozianski]

Hi Ian,

Here are the use cases I had in mind:

1. Allow sites to conditionally show UI to promote the advantages of
registering the site as a handler.
   (requires isRegistered)

2. Allow sites to provide settings screens which allow users to register
/ deregister handlers from within the site.
   (requires isRegistered, and deregisterProtocolHandler)

The presence of an ignored list - sites who don't have permission to use
registerProtocolHandler - necessitates Michael Davidson's suggestion that
isRegistered() should return a tri-state value (REGISTERED, DECLINED,
NOTASKED). Otherwise sites that have been 'ignored' by a user won't be able
to tell if they should show their promotional UI or not.

Cheers,
James


On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Apr 2011, James Kozianski wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to propose the following changes to the registerProtocolHandler
> > spec. [...]
>
> Before I study the proposals in detail, is there a description of the
> kind of experience we're trying to enable here?
>
> What are the UIs we expect to see page use wih registerProtocolHandler()?
>
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