HttpClient can't open URLs with `chrome:` scheme

[elliette]

See discussion at dart-lang/tools#746 for details

Trying to open chrome://version/ with openUrl fails with the following error: "Unsupported scheme 'chrome' in URI chrome://version/"
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[kevmoo]

That's almost CERTAINLY by design! I think chrome actively blocks linking to those things for security reasons!

[kevmoo]

I could imagine chrome locking down those things even more over time. 🤷 Just guessing but I'd imagine it's not a Dart bug.

[brianquinlan]

I don't understand this issue. Is it the problem really with dart:io HttpClient? Because I don't know what an HTTP client running outside of the browser could do with a the browser-specific scheme.

[kevmoo]

I think this can be closed. This is almost CERTAINLY by design.