- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@iinet.net.au>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:05:18 +1100
- To: Jesper Tverskov <jesper.tverskov@mail.tele.dk>
- CC: www-html@w3.org
Jesper Tverskov wrote: > 1) What would you consider Best Practice to use as mime-type for user > agents, web spiders, etc., not sending an HTTP accept-header? Assume text/html, unless told otherwise. > I have decided to give them the best I have to offer, > application/xhtml+xml. I have two arguments. A) Since they don't send an > http accept-header they either don't need to know about mime-types in > order to work or they are not worth dealing with. B) Google is not > sending an accept-header, and I would like Google to be able to detect > that I offer my XHTML as XML. Google does not support XHTML served as XML. Although it will still index the documents, it will simply state "File Format Unrecognised" within search results. > 2) Is it a bug for Mozilla/FireFox suddenly to require that we also > style the html element with background-color similar to the body > element? No, it's not a bug. It's simply the way rendering real XHTML works. That is described within the Mozilla FAQ document you linked to, but in the following question [1]: | # CSS works according to the XML+CSS rules. | * HTML-specific CSS exceptions do not apply. For example, the body | element gets no special treatment. [2] http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/faq.html#xhtmldiff -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/ http://GetFirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web http://SpreadFirefox.com/ Igniting the Web
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