[Portland-bugs] [Bug 33055] Add xdg-browser or xdg-www

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33055

--- Comment #9 from Jerome Leclanche <adys.wh at gmail.com> 2011-11-13 10:10:02 PST ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> I'm still waiting for an answer to the question, "why, what's the use-case?"

The use case, regarding what a DE could want, is not limited to the web
browser. So yes, having a separate tool for just opening a web browser is not
ideal.
What needs to be implemented in freedesktop is a platform-neutral way to store
and launch a set of common services, such as:
 - Web browser
 - File manager
 - IM client
 - Window decorator

None of those should *have* to have a URL. What if, as a developer, I just want
to open your default IM client? Currently, settings have to be parsed in
different ways for each DE, and they are usually stored in DE-specific folders
or files, making other DEs unable to share them or their model (and simplifying
the developer's life).

It baffles me that this hasn't been done. I think I might put something
together unless there's already been work in this area.

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