On Sun, November 13, 2005 8:20 am, Marcus Bointon wrote: > > On 13 Nov 2005, at 00:17, Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote: > >>> seem to do that. I just tried "application/text" since I use >>> "application/pdf" for other applications. >> >> Whatever it's giving the user the ability to do, it's probably >> because the browser doesn't recognise the (invalid) MIME-Type. > > Quite - it's right up there with 'application/force-download'. If you > want to suggest (the final choice is not yours to make) that a > browser might download something instead of displaying it, set an > appropriate content-disposition header instead of setting the wrong > type.
Errrr. It may not be my final choice whether they download or not, but if a browser doesn't treat: application/octet-stream as a download, and only as a download, then that browser is pretty broken. Letting the user configure their browser for that MIME type to be opened by an application is just plain wrong for a browser, by specification. If you find a browser that lets you configure application/octet-stream to be opened with a specific application, then file a bug report with whomever wrote that browser. All the other johnny-come-lately hacks from Redmond to 'force' downloads are highly suspect and non-portable, and should be avoided if you want to keep your hair. You can't rely on "Content-disposition ... filename" either, so you either make the URL end in the filename you want as the default, or you can count on some browsers using some other filename. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
