Re: http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html

On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Sascha Claus wrote:

> Michael Jackson wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Sascha Claus wrote:
> >><http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/utf8.html>
> >>Content-Type: text/html
> >>
> >><http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://validator.w3.org/>
> >>Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
> >>
> >>Perhaps Lynx doesn't support <meta http-equiv="..">.
> > 
> > 	Sorry, that went over my head.  If you could be patient with
> > 	my ignorance on such matters and perhaps attempt a little
> > 	more helpful reply.  TIA.  -MJ.
> 
> 
> The validator sends the encoding/charset as HTTP Header, the other site 
> doesn't. So Lynx gets no UTF-8 declaration from columbia.com. Perhaps 
> that's the reason for the difference. (Browsers don't need to support a 
> charset declaration via <meta>-tag.) Try
> 
> lynx -dump -head http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/utf8.html
> 
> and
> 
> lynx -dump -head http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://validator.w3.org/
> 
> from the command line and have a look at the output.
> 

	Sascha,

	Thanks.  I tried on Friday from several places but it was U/S:

$ lynx -dump -head
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://validator.w3.org/
EISNER::JACKSON_1 13:47:43 LYNX      CPU=00:00:00.22 PF=450 IO=984  MEM=327
EISNER::JACKSON_1 13:48:03 LYNX      CPU=00:00:00.22 PF=450 IO=1367 MEM=327
EISNER::JACKSON_1 13:48:25 LYNX      CPU=00:00:00.22 PF=450 IO=1814 MEM=327
lynx: Can't access startfile http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://validator. w3.org/

	[ OK its working today and apologies in advance because I've
	naively asked a question ("why doesn't it work?") without
	being knowledgeable enough to understand the answer.  -- By
	all means point me to stuff I should read to clue-up. ]

	So Columbia place a 

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">

	declaration in the html head section for the page and have
	the server simply return a

Content-Type: text/html

	Whereas, Validator places no form of charset declaration
	in the html head section for the page but instead has the
	server return with

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

	Presumably these are different ways of achieving the same
	thing.

	The problem for me is not understanding the relationship
	(if any) between what `lynx-dump -head` shows for Content-
	Type, and what is coded in the page's html head section.

	...and therefore, why one would want to do it (it being I
	presume achieving the same thing) the way that Validator
	does it, rather than the way that Columbia does it even
	though `the Columbia way' works on old browsers.

	So I apologise in advance for coming back at you that I
	see the difference you were pointing out to me, but don't
	really understand the implications.  Thanks for your
	continued patience :).

	Best regards,
	MJ.

Received on Sunday, 20 January 2002 09:35:14 UTC