Re: multipart/alternative extension from Keith Moore on 2001-05-06 (ietf-discuss@w3.org from May 2001)

From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 18:08:38 -0400
To: Jacob Palme <jpalme@dsv.su.se>
cc: discuss@apps.ietf.org
Message-Id: <200105062208.SAA19077@astro.cs.utk.edu>

Jacob,

please explain to me how an existing UA will fare any better when
presented with multipart/choices than it fares when presented
with multipart/alternative.

in either case the UA has to be upgraded before displaying the content
ideally for the recipient.

we know that there are at least a few UAs that currently allow
the recipient to choose which of a multipart/alternative to 
display.  they will not do this with multipart/choices.

Keith

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