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> I was hoping Edge wouldn't go down the same path that IE did with "special" tie ins to the OS Any app on Android, iOS or Windows can register themselves as a
by vesinisa 10y ago
> I was hoping Edge wouldn't go down the same path that IE did with "special" tie ins to the OS
Any app on Android, iOS or Windows can register themselves as a handler for an URI scheme. There is nothing "special" about that. It's up to the app author to ensure this does not expose an attack surface.
- Klathmon 10y agoNot saying it's special, but at least on chrome it will ask if you want to open that link in another application. Here it seems at least built-in MS applications are exempt from that.
- matt_kantor 10y agoI believe that prompt is a Chrome feature, not an OS feature.
- mtgx 10y agoOf course it did. The first clue to that was that it was Windows 10-only. Edge is hardly a reason to "move to Windows 10", so I guess Microsoft just doesn't care about browser market share that much anymore.