User:Ctalbert:Fx3:ContentHandling

This page is a (hopefully) useful clearinghouse to find information on three of the high-profile content handling changes underway in the Gran Paradiso (Firefox 3) effort.

Microformats

General Idea	Improve the parsing of microformats so that extension authors are free to innovate without having to worry about parsing the data.
Wiki Pages	Design | Architecture | Brainstorming
References	Microformats.org
Test Plan	TODO
Tests	TODO

Bugs

Web Content Handling

• General Idea: Allow Firefox to hand-off content to web-based services in addition to local applications.
• Wiki Pages: Web Service Mime Handling | Content Type Processing | Firefox Reqs
• References: Web Apps Spec 1.0

Bugs

• bug 372949 -- Content Type Tracking Bug
  • bug 372441 -- Implement registerProtocolHandler and registerContentHandler for Fx3
  • bug 372853 -- Avoid duplicating OS mime-type handler settings
  • bug 377782 -- Simplify content handling UI
  • bug 377784 -- Create a simple-to-use Mime-type configuration system
  • bug 380415 -- Implement Web-based protocol handlers (registerProtocolHandler).