Doug Turner wrote:
>...
> There are two significate ideas here. First is process related stuff,
> invoking an executeable, getting and recieving stdout, stderr and
> setting stdin, ect. The second is a method for adding generic
> protocols plus a UI for it.
>...
> The second part is interesting. I believe that there are two things
> that we can do. First we can see about getting this to be an
> extension. I do not believe that this is a core protocol so it does
> not belong in necko. To address the mailto: lack of support, I think
> that we should leverage what we have and specifically address this
> protocol.
Is support for doing various things with different MIME types (passing
off to a helper app, showing with a plugin, displaying inline, saving to
disk) an extension?
If not, then why should support for doing various things with different
protocols be an extension?
Their UI would be one and the same -- the `Applications' category of
prefs. Protocols would (probably) be listed in the same listbox as MIME types.
--
Matthew `mpt' Thomas, Mozilla UI Design component owner
<http://mozilla.org/>
