Re: Remaining issues related to redirects [#43 #295]

On 2011-09-02 03:06, Mark Nottingham wrote:
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> Having HTTP define fragment combination (both in the single and dual cases) makes sense, because IME, client-side stacks handle HTTP redirects automatically, before the format-specific machinery ever gets to see the HTTP. Requiring -- or even allowing -- that this be format-specific opens up a huge can of worms in most implementations, and makes the Web a much more complex place.
> ...

I agree that having it format-specific makes the web more complex; but 
right now this is the case; for instance, fragment recombination works 
different for HTML and PDF, as far as I can tell.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Friday, 2 September 2011 10:48:07 UTC