442902 - [is] Firefox 3 protocol handler setup for Icelandic

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations :: is / Icelandic, defect)

Description

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

Protocol handlers are a new feature in Firefox 3 that allows links like mailto:[e-mail] to be handled by a webmail application.

In order to do that, the site needs to support a special API described on http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web-based_protocol_handlers.

For en-US, we're currently shipping with Yahoo! Mail for mailto: and 30boxes for webcal: urls, and we're on a ongoing evangelism effort to add more. For Icelandic, we'd like to do that, too. Mic, we should probably add gmail and msn live mail right away?

First, the localization team and Mic (Michal Berman) will look at the market for the language and come up with a good candidates. Kristján, we'll need your input on this, the guidelines for making recommendations are on http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_web_services_guidelines. Following that is a reach out by the evangelism team to try to get the vendor to support protocol handlers.

Once that happens, Axel will take over in reviewing the actual implementation, which will need to change the gecko.handlerService.* entries in is/browser/chrome/browser-region/region.properties. Please don't make changes to that file without getting a positive review by Axel or somebody else appointed by Mic on a patch for that change upfront.

Comment 1

[Kristján Bjarni Guðmundsson]

I don't know about any specific local webmail or webcal applications being used here in Iceland. Gmail and Hotmail are the most popular I think. I think using the same as en-US is ok.

Comment 2

[Mic Berman]

ok let's go with en-US then

Comment 3

[Mic Berman]

if i find anything out there i'll post back in this bug (and re-open as necessary)

Comment 4

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

I'll leave this bug open until we actually have implemented gmail and msn live mail in en-US.

Comment 5

[Mic Berman]

I have not found anything further since comment #3

Comment 6

[Mic Berman]

added to tracking for gmail and hotmail from comment 4, think we can close this bug fixed so am going to do so ;)