- From: Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:50:19 -0800
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: "public-webapps@w3.org" <public-webapps@w3.org>
On Nov 30, 2011, at 7:05 AM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: > On 2011-10-31 20:20, Charles Pritchard wrote: >> On 10/31/11 11:34 AM, Boris Zbarsky wrote: >>> On 10/31/11 1:42 PM, Charles Pritchard wrote: >>>> I'm almost certain that somewhere, it is specified that the browser >>>> should sniff the first few bytes of the file to see >>>> if it is compressed. >>> >>> I don't believe it is. In fact, doing that would contradict the specs >>> as they stand, to my knowledge. >>> >>> I could be wrong, of course, but in that case citation needed... >>> >>> -Boris >>> >> Well I've failed to find a citation. I will post one if I find it. >> >> In the meantime: Blob and Data uris can and should have sniffing for >> image/svg+xml. >> ... > > Nope. If you need gzipped SVG in data URIs, the right thing to do is to either extend data URIs to support that, or to mint a separate media type. Why? Seems like a lot of complexity for blob, data and file for something that could otherwise be handled by minimal code.
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