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by black_knight
3984 days ago
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Taking Android as a example here. The way this works is by basically letting apps declare that they are interested in certain URLs, and then present the URL-clicking user a list of applications that are interested to choose from. This quickly becomes annoying and checking the "Remember" button is something you quickly regret when you change your preference. This simply will not be practical on a desktop where you might use a hundred different programs. There is also the inherent limitation that you only send the URL to one program. A better approach is having good defaults, and letting the user add associations as he needs. That way the control is returned to the user, and he will feel confident updating the list of associations. Bonus points for multicast and not being restricted to one string format. |
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