- From: MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:51:30 -0800 (PST)
- To: www-html@w3.org
Once upon a time Abigail shaped the electrons to say... >++ What about this? >++ <insert >++ type="text/html" >++ data="http://www.mysite.com/path/file.html" >++ > >++ </insert> >++ >++ If it isn't possible, wouldn't this be a worthwhile extension to the >++ <INSERT> capability? > >I do not think so. Using the http protocol, it is the _server_ which >gives out the information about the document type. What should >a user agent do if the <insert> type says 'image/gif', but >the server gives 'image/jpg'? What if the type isn't fixed in advance? >How would you do it with content negotiation? I didn't add that, it is *already* part of the <INSERT> proposal. 'text/html' is my addition to this, but they already have a slew of MIME types in the proposal. The reason for this is that the browser looks at that and can then decide to bother downloading it or not - ie, they only download things they know how to handle. -MZ -- Although I work for Livingston Enterprises Technical Support, I alone am responsible for everything contained herein. So don't waste my managers' time bitching to them if you don't like something I've said. Flame me. Phone: 800-458-9966 support@livingston.com <http://www.livingston.com/> FAX: 510-426-8951 6920 Koll Center Parkway #220, Pleasanton, CA 94566
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