At the time I pointed out the problems with trying to alias the
HTTP port/service to the IPP port/service and was roundly trashed
for this ... umm... heretical suggestion.
I would now like to comment that adding a new protocol/method such
as ipp: is nothing major, and has been accommodated by most browser
developers in a pretty trivial way.
How and why do you ask? Look at Real Video and Real Audio.
Try feeding 'npm://<realaudio server>:<port>/realaudiofile.ra'
to your browser, and VOILA! it works. Sorta.
Based on existing 'state of the art' and 'current technology', I
find the argument of the difficulty of using ipp: in the URL rather
hard to swallow, but did not want to rock the boat so close to
closure on the standard.
Note carefully that I did not say that it works CLEANLY, just that
it works. Of course, somebody would have to write a program to
assist the Internet Explorer (I gather that this is now a generic
term for browser) to connect to and send the file to the server,
but this is clearly akin to distributing a print driver for a
printer... Something that most printer manufacturers seem to regard
as part of the cost of doing business.
Patrick Powell
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies,
papowell@astart.com 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D,
Network and System San Diego, CA 92123
Consulting 619-874-6543 FAX 619-279-8424
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