- From: Elliott Sprehn <esprehn@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 00:09:56 -0400
- To: David Hyatt <hyatt@apple.com>
- Cc: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, public-html@w3.org
On Apr 3, 2007, at 11:46 PM, David Hyatt wrote: > On Apr 3, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Elliott Sprehn wrote: > >> Neither of which are standardized behavior so you'd need to use >> the attribute for Safari, the viewsource url for Firefox, and what >> ever feature was supported in Opera (is it?). >> >> What Karl suggests on the other hand is defined behavior as per >> the HTTP protocol and the MIME type definition for text/plain. >> > > We can't turn off content sniffing. Sites break if we do. "Don't > break the existing Web" trumps all other design considerations. > > dave > (hyatt@apple.com) > Where does this content sniffing happen currently? I setup a test case with Safari using <object data="test.php"> and served that file as text/plain and Safari shows the source. Can you clarify where this is already happening and what we'd be breaking? - Elliott
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