I think these are being worked on. registerContentHandler lets websites register themselves as the handler for certain mime types (so google docs could register itself (with your permission of course) as your PDF viewer) and registerProtocolHandler lets websites register themselves as protocol handlers for, for instance, mailto: links.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.navigator.registerContentHandler (these are mozilla pages, but I know that at least the first one is being discussed for Chrome: I saw a design doc for it some time ago on chromium-dev) On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 16:18, Jamie Cansdale <[email protected]> wrote: >> If that was implemented, it'd go against Chrome's minimal (but still >> functional) design philosophy. >> > However, having the option to associate file types (and protocols) > with particular websites could be very useful. For example, I would > like to be able to associate PDF files with 'view through google docs' > and mailto: with Gmail. > > I would have thought this could be implemented quite easily. > > Regards, > Jamie. > > -- > http://www.testdriven.net > http://twitter.com/jcansdale > http://weblogs.asp.net/nunitaddin > > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Bapabooiee <[email protected]> wrote: >> If that was implemented, it'd go against Chrome's minimal (but still >> functional) design philosophy. >> >> While it's inconvenient having to manually install a plugin, or >> downloading and opening a PDF file in a PDF reader, I just don't think >> integrating a PDF reader into Chrome would be really be something >> that'd work for Chrome. >> >> On Nov 17, 4:50 am, Hugh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Just curious to see if there is any interest in adding PDF >>> functionality to chromium, the reliance on external plugins isn't the >>> most ideal solution for an openly documented standard. >>> >>> Alternatively, it may be an idea to add a 'view through google docs' >>> feature similar to what gmail allows. >> >> -- >> Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] >> View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: >> http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss > > -- > Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] > View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -- Caleb Eggensperger http://calebegg.com/ -- Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss
