463617 - [ms] Firefox 3.1 protocol handler setup for Malay

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Mozilla Localizations :: Other, defect)

Description

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

Protocol handlers are a new feature in Firefox 3.1 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 GMail and Yahoo! Mail for mailto: and 30boxes for webcal: urls, and we're on a ongoing evangelism effort to add more. ms live mail are coming up shortly. For Malay, we'd like to do that, too.

First, the localization team and Stas (Stas Malolepszy) will look at the market for the language and come up with a good candidates. Mahrazi, Hasbullah, 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, Stas will take over in reviewing the actual implementation, which will need to change the gecko.handlerService.* entries in ms/browser/chrome/browser-region/region.properties. Please don't make changes to that file without getting a positive review by Stas or somebody else appointed by Stas/Sethb on a patch for that change upfront.

Comment 1

[Seth Bindernagel]

Hi Mahrazi and Hasbulla and the Malay l10n team,

We are nearing the approach of our release candidates for Firefox 3.5.  Have you had any chance to progress on the best protocol handlers to include in your version of Firefox?

Please let us know as soon as possible.

Comment 2

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

Resolving INCOMPLETE, this effort to start a Malay localization didn't take off. If it does, we'll file new bugs.