- From: Rowland Shaw <Rowland.Shaw@crystaldecisions.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 01:23:04 -0700
- To: "'Henri Sivonen'" <hsivonen@niksula.hut.fi>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
> >> Is there any remaining practical use of <meta>? > > > > With the http-equiv attribute, yes! Not everyone has the permission to > > use .htaccess files and stuff, so the <meta> tag has its uses. > > * Trying to do cache control via <meta> is delusional, because proxies > don't see the <meta> tags. But a delusional attempt can still be better than no attempt; As Toby already pointed out, not all content authors have the power to apply custom HTTP headers. > * Refresh isn't a real HTTP header anyway. True, but it's still widely supported, and a slightly more elegant solution to scripting.
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