{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/713","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/713/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/713/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/713/events","html_url":"https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/713","id":134896630,"number":713,"title":"Deprecate AddSearchProvider?","user":{"login":"RByers","id":1280419,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1280419?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/RByers","html_url":"https://github.com/RByers","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RByers/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RByers/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RByers/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RByers/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RByers/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RByers/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RByers/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RByers/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RByers/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/labels/removal/deprecation","name":"removal/deprecation","color":"eb6420"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":20,"created_at":"2016-02-19T15:46:39Z","updated_at":"2016-03-17T00:31:18Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Blink is [talking about](https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/blink-dev/FXZloLz3Bao/a12qrjubCAAJ) possibly removing [AddSearchProvider](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-external-addsearchprovider), with the argument that it's very rarely used and largely redundant with `<link rel=\"search\">`.\r\n\r\nThoughts?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/comments/197621810","html_url":"https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/713#issuecomment-197621810","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/713","id":197621810,"user":{"login":"DigiTec","id":1650078,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1650078?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/DigiTec","html_url":"https://github.com/DigiTec","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DigiTec/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DigiTec/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DigiTec/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DigiTec/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DigiTec/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DigiTec/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DigiTec/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DigiTec/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DigiTec/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-03-17T00:31:18Z","updated_at":"2016-03-17T00:31:18Z","body":"@RByers We have a less inclusive policy, but we do collect <link rel=\"search\"> and that is how we enable open search providers in Microsoft Edge. I also got confirmation from the main Browser team that owns this experience and they have no interest in supporting/adding back in this API. They can achieve the experiences they want without it."}}