1238474 - Expose iframe[mozbrowser] to progressive apps

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[SUN Haitao]

Currently, there is no easy way to use iframe[mozbrowser] on Fennec and Desktop except Open Web Apps. With this mechanism is deprecated, a new solution is needed.

Comment 1

[Andrew Overholt [:overholt]]

When you say "progressive apps" do you mean this? https://infrequently.org/2015/06/progressive-apps-escaping-tabs-without-losing-our-soul/

I don't think we want to expose the non-standard mozbrowser iframe to Web content, though.

Comment 2

[(no longer active)]

There is nothing equivalent to iframe[mozbrowser] on the Web.  This API has security implications because it gives content the possibility of loading a page from a different origin and access it in ways that violates the Same Origin Policy.

As such, without a security model that supports this properly, this is not something that we can expose to the Web.