- From: Martin J. Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 13:42:17 +0900
- To: neil@bigpic.com
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
At 10:23 98/01/22 -0600, Neil St.Laurent wrote: > > I think that in this case the browser can rely on the somewhat more > > purposeful intentions of the web author rather than the mechanations of a > > server.. > > Only as a thought (not really part of this discussion), it would be > nice to see the future of HTTP allow the client to send a > Content-Type request: > > GET index HTTP/1.2 > Content-Type: text/html I hope I won't repeat somebody else, but just for your reference, the above is possible in HTTP 1.1, and was already in HTTP 1.0. Just that the request header is called "Accept:" instead of "Content-Type:". Also, the "charset" part of the content type is factured out into Accept-Charset:, and there are a few more "Accept"s, in particular Accept-Language:. Regards, Martin.
Received on Wednesday, 4 February 1998 00:57:07 UTC