- From: <nir.dagan@econ.upf.es>
- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:11:35 +0200
- TO: kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com
- CC: charlesn@sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Thus the advantage of setting the type attribute is mainly in automatically retrieved objects (e.g., OBJECT) to save the browser time and effort to decide whether it can display the object or not. In this regard I wonder why the IMG element has no type attribute. In regular links (anchors) it maybe useful mainly as a fall back to encounter the possibility that the server is misconfigured and sending wrong MIME types. However authors should not count on the type attribute as most browsers do not recognize it. It may also save some time to the user as the browser may alert the user of the type when "clicking" before the document is retrieved. However authors should warn the users of the type in the text of the document to avoid surprises. Nir. > So there would be advantage in setting TYPE attributes, in that the > file wouldn't need to be downloaded from the server (to get the > content-type HTTP header) in order to determine that it can't be > displayed by the browser. > > -- > Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.idyllmtn.com/~kynn/ > Chief Technologist & Co-Owner, Idyll Mountain Internet; Fullerton, California > Enroll now for my online stylesheets (CSS) class! http://www.hwg.org/classes/ > The voice of the future? http://www.hwg.org/opcenter/w3c/voicebrowsers.html
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