Getting started with Protocol Handlers for your web app
Getting started with Protocol Handlers for your web app Beginning with Microsoft Edge 96, web apps can now use Protocol Handlers in Microsoft Edge. This is a powerful feature that allows your installed web application (or PWA) to handle pre-set or custom protocols. Installed web applications can now register with the operating system as protocol handlers and launch when a specific protocol is invoked. Let’s dive into the feature to understand how developers can take advantage of it. Typical use cases Probably the most common protocol that we interact with is the http protocol. When we click on a link that uses this protocol, the system knows to open the web browser and navigate to the address that is specified. Another typical protocol is mailto which allows users to click on email addresses and open the default e-mail client. There [ more… ]