- From: Terry Teague <terry_teague@users.sourceforge.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 23:48:54 -0800
- To: html-tidy@w3.org
At 1:46 PM +1300 1/16/02, Richard A. O'Keefe wrote: > >But basically as I understand it, the Web Archive format was >introduced > >with Internet Explorer 4.0.x, and is basically a standard Java >".jar" file, > >with the extension changed to ".war". Apparently there were some >bugs with > >early IE 4.0 versions and Web Archives, and based on the comments >below, it > >is possible that Microsoft "embraced and extended" the jar format. > Just to add what another poster said - I did discover the ".war" format is used by J2EE applications - I chose to concentrate on how MSIE was using the archive format. I didn't debate who came up with the format first. >This was on a Macintosh. The "Web Archive" file in question didn't have >_any_ extension, neither ".war", ".jar", ".zip", or any extension at all. Yes, I know it was on a Macintosh <grin>. I didn't say such a file would have an extension (although of course it could). I assumed you were using iCab Web Archives, and not IE Web Archives. >Its icon appeared at first and second glance to be the same as the icon >used for simple Web pages. The Macintoshes in question didn't have MPW >installed, so writing a script to unpack the thing and feed the parts through >the (non-command-line!) MacTidy application would have been _rather_ tricky. I guess I was thinking more StuffIt and AppleScript than anything else. Of course I assume you are aware of my MPWTidy tool... Regards, Terry
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