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Re:Mailgo, a new concept of mailto and tel links by browserface on Thursday September 10, 2020 @07:40AM (#24431308)
Yes there is. It's called "navigator.registerProtocolHandler"[0]

[0]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/r...

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Re:Mailgo, a new concept of mailto and tel links by emersion on Thursday September 10, 2020 @11:35AM (#24433282)
Not declarative, which means users would need to know they have to go to settings and enable it.
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Re:Mailgo, a new concept of mailto and tel links by untog on Thursday September 10, 2020 @11:56AM (#24433490)
It shows a prompt to the user when you run the code, they don't need to go near settings.
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Re:Mailgo, a new concept of mailto and tel links by browserface on Sunday September 13, 2020 @01:51AM (#24458706)
Nope that's now how it works. It does show a prompt. Also, not sure how "going to settings" is "not declarative"...? :) ;p xx
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