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		nephyrin on April 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin URL scheme whitelisted in HTML5 "Added to HTML5" is misleading. More specifically, the bitcoin scheme was added as a valid scheme that websites may register themselves as handlers for via navigator.registerProtocolHandler, a list that already includes mms: xmpp: webcal: tel: and other misc schemes. It doesn't specify any kind of support for the scheme for the browser. See http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#whitelist...

bpierre on April 23, 2013 | [–]

Yes, I didn’t know how to be more precise while being concise. I replaced the word “added” with “whitelisted”, thanks.

dubcanada on April 23, 2013 | | [–]

It should also be made clear that being whitelisted is different from being implemented.

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