936552 - [xh] Firefox protocol handler setup for Xhosa

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations :: xh / Xhosa, defect)

Description

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

Protocol handlers allow 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 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web-based_protocol_handlers.

For en-US, we're currently shipping with GMail and Yahoo! Mail for mailto:, 30boxes for webcal: and Mibbit for irc: urls. For Xhosa, we'd like to do that, too.

First, the localization team and flod (Francesco Lodolo) will look at the market for the language and come up with a good candidates. Ian, we'll need your input on this. The guidelines for making recommendations are on <https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Firefox/Productization>. Following that, the evangelism team reaches out to try to get the vendor to support protocol handlers. http://people.mozilla.org/~ctalbert/ has test cases for mailto:.

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

The Xhosa team and flod will be driving this bug to completion.

Comment 1

[Jeff Beatty [:gueroJeff]]

Ian, to give you an idea, en-ZA uses the following protocol handlers:

For webcal: 30 Boxes
For mailto: Yahoo! Mail & Gmail
For IRC: Mibbit
For IRCS: Mibbit

For some of these productization bugs, you've stated that you'd like to follow en-ZA's example. Could you confirm whether you'd like to do the same for protocol handlers so that we know how to proceed from here?

Comment 2

[ian.henderson]

I think it makes most sense to follow the en-ZA example. Another reference point would be zu-ZA.

Comment 3

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Attachment: Set same protocol handlers of en-US

Mailto: Gmail, Yahoo
Webcal: 30 Boxes
IRC: Mibbit

Comment 4

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Landed
http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/l10n/mozilla-aurora/xh/rev/cd31f5a14cc0