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Re: ISSUE-288 (includeNonMandatedHeuristics): Should the Content Transformation Guidelines include a non normative list of mobile heuristics ? [Guidelines for Web Content Transformation Proxies]

From: Tom Hume <tom.hume@futureplatforms.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:34:49 +0000
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To: MWI BPWG Public <public-bpwg@w3.org> 
The concept of transforming proxies (transcoders) is presented in  
RFC2616, section 14.9.5

On 10 Mar 2009, at 20:25, Luca Passani wrote:

> I don't disagree. The problem is that this is a consequence of how  
> transcoders work. They are intrinsically a hack. The group has been  
> desperately trying to present transcoders as some kind of standard,  
> but this is like putting lipstick on a pig. A hack they were and a  
> hack they remain.

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