On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 09:09:56PM -0400, Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: firefox > Version: 1.5.dfsg+1 > > (note: not a dupe bug beyond the 1st two paragraphs) > > Web servers often do not supply the correct MIME type. > When I try to view such a file, firefox gives me the choice > of saving it or viewing it with something lame like gedit. > > I most recently saw the problem with a patch or config > file in a bugzilla. It happens elsewhere too, commonly. > > When there is no viewer for the given MIME type, > firefox should use file extensions and file magic to > determine the MIME type. There is a good chance > that the new MIME type will have a viewer. > > Note that IE will _always_ prefer the file extension > over the web server's MIME type, even if the web > server provided a useful type. I don't expect this to > go over all that well with the W3 cultists, but it sure > would make more web sites work as intended. > So I only ask that firefox attempt do do something > useful when the server's MIME type isn't any good.
How should he know if the mime type isn't good ? Divination ? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
