- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:02:16 -0700
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Cc: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, public-html@w3.org
On Aug 21, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > > On Aug 21, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: >> >> Note that HTML5 goes out of its way to try to improve the >> situation, by >> limiting the sniffing to very specific cases that browsers are being >> forced into handling by market pressures. So HTML5, as written today, >> stands to actually improve matters on the long term. > > HTML is a mark-up language -- it isn't even involved at that level > of the architecture. Why should I (as an implementer) have to wade > through several pages of intense workarounds if all I am interested > in implementing is a compliant HTML editor? Orthogonal standards > deserve orthogonal specs. The sniffing behavior in HTML5 is not orthogonal to the rest of the spec. It depends on the loading context. <iframe src="gif-sent-with- text-plain-type.txt"> will have different results than <img src="gif- sent-with-text-plain-type.txt">. This is necessary both for compatibility and to minimize the scope of the content sniffing. Regards, Maciej
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