- From: Jim FitzSimons <cherry@neta.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 08:43:53 -0700
- To: www-amaya@w3.org
Irene.Vatton@inrialpes.fr wrote: > > In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:55:20 +0100." > <25CC9C11BD12D111BA5500805F8B63692252A9@COR-EXG1> > > Jim wrote: > > > > > Why it is not w3c_home.PNG so we know what it is? > > > > It would make sense. > > When this page is on a Web server, this allows the server to return the > right format (png, gif, jpg, tif, bmp, etc.) according to: > - the list of formats supported by the browser (specified in the http header) > - the list of formats available on the server. > It's called the content negotiation > > In our example, the W3C server returns w3c_home.PNG to Amaya and perhaps > w3c_home.gif to another browser. > > Summary information about graphics on the Web is given at > http://www.w3.org/Graphics/Activity > Regards > Irene. That works if it is on the server. It does not work if it is on a computer. Why not add the .PNG to the end of the image file name? All jif and jpg have a .jif or .jpg on the image file name. Jim FitzSimons Mailto:cherry@neta.com
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