Firefox3/ContentManagement:Handlers
< Firefox3
One of the new features of Firefox 3 is the ability to map a URL protocol segment to either a website or local application.
This document attempts to document some of the commonly seen protocols on the net and offer some of the handlers that we may want to include as default options.
Feature Functional description appears at http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Dmose:Fx-Docs:ContentTypeProcessing.
Protocols
| Protocol | Candidate Apps/ Web Services | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Common | ||
| file | Handled by Firefox | |
| http/https | Handled by Firefox | |
| ftp | Handled by Firefox | |
| mailto | Yahoo Mail, GMail, Hotmail, WinOS MAPI, Mail.app, Thunderbird | |
| webcal | Google Calendar, Thunderbird, iCal | |
| news | Google News, Thunderbird, | |
| irc/ircs | ||
| rtsp | ||
| Rare | ||
| gopher | Handled by Firefox | |
| tel | Skype, other VOIP app? | |
| telnet | ? | |
MIME Types & Filename Extensions
| Mime Type | Extensions | Candidate Apps/ Web Services | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common | |||
| application/pdf | Adobe Acrobat Reader | ||
| video/qt | qt | Apple Quicktime | |
Questions
- Is there anyway to use the existing list of OS registered MIME types handler to add to the list used in Firefox?
- Is there anyway to detect if the local app is already installed before offering it as a choice?
- Should we do/use a canonical lookup service like http://filext.com or http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/mime-types.shtml?