- From: M. Hedlund <march@europa.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 11:40:14 -0800 (PST)
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
On Wed, 22 Mar 1995, Jim Seidman wrote: > My biggest problem is that current practice for most browsers seems > to be an accept line like: > > Accept: text/html, text/plain, image/gif, image/jpeg, */*; q=0.3 Some notes on current practice (from the latest versions I've seen): * Sends Accept: with at least one q value -- Spyglass 2.00a1, OmniWeb/0.7.5.5, ATSON-W3LM/1.0 beta * Sends a list of accepted types, including */* but without q values -- Lynx 2.3.7, WinMosaic 2.0a8, NCSA Mosaic for X 2.5b4, AIR_Mosaic 3.07.04.02, GWHIS/110, Netscape 1.0 * Sends just a list of accepted types, without */* or q values -- MacMosaic 2.0.0a17, Netcruiser 1.10 beta, MidasWWW 2.2, EI*Net/0.1 In addition, Emacs-W3 sends a list with some subtypes wildcarded, but does not list */* (yay Bill); and Chimera 1.0 just sends */*. Lynx and Emacs-W3 (at least -- probably others as well) modify the Accept: list based on your preferences. [Of those that send q values, ATSON-W3LM and Spyglass 1.x appear to use them correctly. OmniWeb sends '*; q=0.500', omitting the wildcard for subtype. Spyglass 2.00a1 (Win32) sends '*/*, q=0.300', using a comma instead of a semi-colon, but presumably I have old information on that count.] M. Hedlund <march@europa.com>
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