• SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
    31·
    13 days ago

    Changing the scheme doesn’t really make any difference if it’s still just HTTP underneath. The scheme is just for indicating a protocol. So what’s the different protocol you’d actually propose?

    • lwe@feddit.orgEnglish
      10·
      13 days ago

      Apps (at least on android, no idea both iOS) could claim support for the protocol. Removing the need to claim hundreds or thousands of addresses.

      • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
        4·
        13 days ago

        By “claiming addresses” you mean domains? Or what?

        You mean because the address in the fediverse scheme would be domain-independent? How in the world would that work? How would it know what to connect to? You’re proposing something completely different than ActivityPub at least.

        • lwe@feddit.orgEnglish
          111·
          13 days ago

          On android, when you click a link that has an association with an app you get the choice to open the app instead of being redirected to the website. Example picture of boost with a few dozen urls Right now every app developer for the fediverse needs to maintain a list of instances for this. If you had a protocol instead you would only need to specify the one.

        • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orgEnglish
          21·
          13 days ago

          Look up what a URL schema is. Examples include https (obviously handled by your browser), ftp, mailto, ms-word etc. The mailto one is most well-known for letting you choose between in-browser (Gmail etc.) and native (Thunderbird, Outlook etc.) options on desktop and mobile. There does not need to be a formal protocol and port, it’s just a way to signal support for a kind of content via URL.

          • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
            4·
            13 days ago

            Okay, sure you could have apps open links to external posts, as the app would know that it would need to fetch the post by searching the URL (switched with a HTTPS scheme). I can kinda see the point of that. I’m not sure the fediverse and ActivityPub is really super mature enough for that yet. For instance you can’t fetch Mastodon posts from Lemmy.

            • rglullis@communick.newsEnglish
              2·
              11 days ago

              For instance you can’t fetch Mastodon posts from Lemmy.

              Having a standard URL scheme would precisely help us develop ActivityPub clients and get rid of application-specific servers.