921216 - update manifest structure to match web apps manifest

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox Graveyard :: SocialAPI, defect)

Description

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

For the sake of consistency in our various environments and features, we want to update our manifest structure to match the web apps structure documented at:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Apps/Manifest

SocialAPI manifest is documented at:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Social_API/Manifest

Straw man proposal:

<pre>
{
  "name": "Browser Service",
  "description": "A description of the service",
  "version": "1.0",
  "icons": {
    "16": "/img/icon-16.png",
    "32": "/img/icon-32.png",
    "64": "/img/icon-64.png",
    "128": "/img/icon-128.png"
  },
  "developer": {
    "name": "Your name or organization",
    "url": "http://your-homepage-here.org"
  },
  "default_locale": "en",

  // used for updates, set by UA upon installation
  "cannonical_url": "url to manifest",

  // browser services section
  "services": {
    "background": { // persistent shared worker
      url: "/worker.js" 
    },
    "push": { // push api configuration
       url: "/pushEventPage.js"
    },
    "status": {
      "url": "/status.html"
    },
    "share": {
      "url": "/share.html?url=%(url)"
    },
    "bookmarks": {
      "url": "/mark.html?url=%(url)",
      icons: {
        "marked": "/marked.png",
        "unmarked": "/unmarked.png",
      }
    }
  },
  "protocol_handlers": {
    "mailto": {
      "url": "https://www.example.com/?uri=%s",
      "title": "my email handler"
    }
  },
  // definition of customizable/relocatable UI resources
  "widgets": {
    "infobar": {  // ie. sidebar
      "type": "desktop",
      "url": "/sidebar.html"
    },
  },

  // web activities definitions
  // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI/Web_Activities
  "activities": { ... },

  // inter-app communcations
  // https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/Inter_App_Communication_Alt_proposal
  "connections": { ... }
}
</pre>