Re: need help with Math Player compatibility (via specifying the DTD on an XHTML page)

I am not sure that IE can actually send equal preferences for HTML and 
XHTML mime-types... the Accept header provides an ordered list of 
preferred mime-types. To my taste, q-values are just a fine-grain 
ordering which has to be compatible with the types order.

hope that helps.

paul

Chris Chiasson wrote:
> The reason why I bother sending qs=.99 at all is so that regular IE
> does not get sent /index.xhtml over /index.html if content negotiation
> is taking place for a URL like /index (because IE has an accept header
> that says it accepts any MIME type with the same level of
> preference/quality it has for regular HTML).
>
> On 11/21/06, Robert Miner <robertm@dessci.com> wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> I looked at your pages using a handy diagnostic tool called Charles
>> (http://www.xk72.com/charles) that lets one examine the http header
>> traffic.  I discovered that the literal MIME type string being sent by
>> your server is
>>
>> application/xhtml+xml; qs=.99
>>
>> Unfortunately, the way IE works is that we have to make a registry entry
>> that *exactly matches* the incoming MIME type in order for MathPlayer to
>> fire up.  While we register for application/xhtml+xml, the quality
>> parameter at the end spoils the match.
>>
>> If I manually add a reg key on my machine at
>>
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Filter\application/xhtml+xml; qs=.99
>>
>> and fill in the subkeys analogously to the entry we make for plain
>> application/xhtml+xml, MathPlayer fires for me, and the page displays
>> fine.  Obviously this isn't a solution, merely a debugging technique.
>>
>> As an aside, the second formula renders with a couple of annoying
>> question marks in it, since at least on my system, MathPlayer thinks it
>> can't find a character for the &NoBreak;& entity.  That doesn't seem
>> reasonable to me, but I'll have to look into it.
>>
>> Sorry I don't have a more constructive suggestion, other than to strip
>> off the qs parameter.
>>
>> --Robert
>>
>> Robert Miner
>> Director, New Product Development
>>
>> Design Science, Inc.
>> 140 Pine Avenue, 4th Floor
>> Long Beach, California  90802
>> USA
>> Tel:  (651) 223-2883
>> Fax:  (651) 292-0014
>> robertm@dessci.com
>> www.dessci.com
>> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, WebEQ, Equation Editor,
>> TexAide ~
>>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: www-math-request@w3.org
>> > [mailto:www-math-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Chris Chiasson
>> > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:33 PM
>> > To: www-math@w3.org
>> > Subject: need help with Math Player compatibility (via
>> > specifying the DTD on an XHTML page)
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I decided to see if I could make my XHTML (+MathML) pages compatible
>> > with IE 7 & MathPlayer 2.0b.
>> >
>> > I followed the directions here (or tried to)
>> >
>> > http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/author/creatingpages.htm
>> >
>> > , creating test documents here
>> >
>> > xhtml
>> >
>> > http://test.chris.chiasson.name/Engineering_Optimization/index.xhtml
>> >
>> > Why is it not working?
>> >
>> > P.S. If you can't see that document (and I certainly can't with IE
>> > because it just writes out a bunch of errors), here are some backup
>> > documents (in need of work...):
>> >
>> > html
>> >
>> > http://test.chris.chiasson.name/Engineering_Optimization/index.html
>> >
>> > pdf
>> >
>> > http://test.chris.chiasson.name/Engineering_Optimization/Engin
>> > eering_Optimization.pdf
>> >
>> > P.P.S. If there is a better list, forum, or group for this question,
>> > please do not hesitate to tell me where to go :=]
>> >
>> > --
>> > http://chris.chiasson.name/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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