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<h2 id="support">Support</h2> <h3>Client</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Google_Chrome/4INfWq37">Google Chrome</a> versions 18 to 23 natively supported Web Intents.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> This support was disabled in version 24, citing the existence of a "number of areas for development in both the API and specific user experience in Chrome".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li>There is a JavaScript <a href="/facts/Shim_(computing)/LRz0gdKm">shim</a> with support for <a href="/facts/IE_8/26Tuas4z">IE 8</a>, <a href="/facts/IE_9/A78zjnWY">IE 9</a>, <a href="/facts/Opera_(web_browser)/2NYCcTj1">Opera</a>, <a href="/facts/Safari_(web_browser)/9R8v7tNl">Safari</a>, <a href="/facts/Firefox/xez2zv8H">Firefox</a> 3+ and Chrome 3+.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Server</h3> <ul><li>There are some Web Intents <a href="/facts/Proxy_server/ArhwQE74">proxy</a> pages that make available some real services that don't yet support intents.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/AddThis/49WfJzf3">AddThis</a> supports Web Intents by their sharing tools regardless of browser support.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Paul Kinlan of <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a> announced the Web Intents project in December 2010. He soon released a prototype <a href="/facts/API/GMlN4vUr">API</a> to <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a>. In August 2011 Google announced that <a href="/facts/Google_Chrome/4INfWq37">Chrome</a> would support Web Intents. Google and <a href="/facts/Mozilla/FevL9Itn">Mozilla</a> have started co-operating to unify Web Intents and Mozilla's Web Activities (which tries to solve the same problem) into one proposal.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>In November 2012, Greg Billock of <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a> announced that experimental support of Web Intents had been removed from <a href="/facts/Google_Chrome/4INfWq37">Chrome</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.webintents.org/">Web Intents introduction</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/PaulKinlan/WebIntents">Web Intents code on GitHub</a></li> <li><a href="http://examples.webintents.org/">Web Intents demos</a></li> <li><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/498157/">Linux Weekly News: Differing intentions towards Web Intents</a></li> <li><a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/WebActivities">Mozilla's Web Activities</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>GitHub: Paul Kinlan: WebIntents <a href="https://github.com/PaulKinlan/WebIntents" target="_blank">https://github.com/PaulKinlan/WebIntents</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>TechCrunch: Google Announces Plans To Bake Android-Like Web Intents Into Chrome <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/04/google-announces-plans-to-bake-android-like-web-intents-into-chrome/" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/04/google-announces-plans-to-bake-android-like-web-intents-into-chrome/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Chrome 18 Web Intents support <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-intents/2012Apr/0002.html" target="_blank">http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-intents/2012Apr/0002.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Status of web intents in Chrome <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-intents/2012Nov/0000.html" target="_blank">http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-intents/2012Nov/0000.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Web Intents FAQ <a href="http://webintents.org/faq.html" target="_blank">http://webintents.org/faq.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Codebits: Web Intents Proxies <a href="http://codebits.glennjones.net/webintents/wi-register-intent.html" target="_blank">http://codebits.glennjones.net/webintents/wi-register-intent.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>AddThis blog: A Step for Open Sharing: AddThis Integrates Web Intents <a href="http://www.addthis.com/blog/2012/05/01/a-step-for-open-sharing-addthis-integrates-web-intents" target="_blank">http://www.addthis.com/blog/2012/05/01/a-step-for-open-sharing-addthis-integrates-web-intents</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Chromium Blog: Connecting Web Apps with Web Intents <a href="https://blog.chromium.org/2011/08/connecting-web-apps-with-web-intents.html" target="_blank">https://blog.chromium.org/2011/08/connecting-web-apps-with-web-intents.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>TechCrunch: Mozilla Labs Launches 'Web Activities' Experiment, Lets Web Apps Talk To Each Other <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/08/mozilla-labs-launches-web-activities-experiment-lets-web-apps-talk-to-each-other/" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/08/mozilla-labs-launches-web-activities-experiment-lets-web-apps-talk-to-each-other/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Mozilla Labs: Web Apps Update – experiments in Web Activities, App Discovery <a href="http://mozillalabs.com/blog/2011/07/web-apps-update-experiments-in-web-activities-app-discovery/" target="_blank">http://mozillalabs.com/blog/2011/07/web-apps-update-experiments-in-web-activities-app-discovery/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Status of web intents in Chrome <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-intents/2012Nov/0000.html" target="_blank">http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-intents/2012Nov/0000.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>