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Bug 22388 - about: scheme should allow other types
Summary: about: scheme should allow other types
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Fetch (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Anne
QA Contact: sideshowbarker+fetchspec
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Reported: 2013-06-16 21:35 UTC by Marcos Caceres
Modified: 2013-06-20 05:36 UTC (History)
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Description Marcos Caceres 2013-06-16 21:35:41 UTC 
http://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#basic-fetch

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"about" 
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Should the definition of also say that the user agent can optionally support other data, like about:config, etc.?

Or is that out of scope for this section? Just wasn't clear how this section relates to typing "about:whatever" into the address bar - if it relates at all.
Comment 1 Anne 2013-06-19 07:43:28 UTC 
I think we should maybe treat that as a user agent extension to the address bar. E.g. if you <img src=about:config> it should not work. Same for <iframe>. Maybe <a href=about:config> ought to work when targeting the top-level browsing context but then it'd be some kind of special case when navigating.
Comment 2 Marcos Caceres 2013-06-19 10:55:04 UTC 
Ok, so maybe make it clear that this section applies to Documents and that UA address bars can support different things? It was not entirely clear to me what the scope of fetch was (i.e., that it doesn't apply to typing a URL into the address bar).