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What Happened to Web Intents?

• jashkenas 12y ago
  A beautiful case study in how and why standardizing (https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/web-intents/raw-file/tip/spec/Overview.html https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/web-intents/raw-file/tip/spec/Overvie...) an idea before thinking it through in practice is a waste of time.
  • kinlan 12y ago
    We did think it through.... I just think we could have listened a lot more, collaborated a lot more and, well, yes think it through a bit more. I am buoyed by the fact that we know we still need to solve this problem.
    • marvy 12y ago
      And now you know more about how to do it :)
• getdavidhiggins 12y ago
  Look at the history of protocols and software patterns. The ones that survived are never by design - they happen by accident. It's worth throwing a bunch of stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks. I'm sorry to hear you're disappointed with web intents. Your marketing might be wrong. The Wikipedia says a "experimental framework". Firstly: Why experimental? You are either running with your own ideas or not. Secondly: Why is it called a framework? It seems more like a software pattern, or UX pattern than a framework. It could even be pushing the protocol level, but I don't think it has reached 'protocol' status yet.