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Protocols are often used to pass tokens from the browser to the game for authentication.

• Pxtl 10y ago
  That could be done with a download and file association, like a .torrent or the way shoutcast used playlists. I remember Unreal Tournament used unreal:// for connecting to servers so you could use web-based server browsers, but I wondered why not use download approach. It's more cross-platform since every OS supports file associations but not browser supports custom URL handlers.
  • dleslie 10y ago
    OAuth requires a redirect_uri.
  • kalleboo 10y ago
    That will clutter up the user's downloads folder with a bunch of files they don't understand what they're for. .torrent files are also superseded by magnet URLs for public downloads
    • Pxtl 10y ago
      Don't most browsers download to a temp folder if the user selects "open" instead of "download"?