Re: XHTML 1.1 as text/html

Le 27 avr. 2007 à 21:07, Sierk Bornemann a écrit :
> Am 27.04.2007 um 01:39 schrieb Karl Dubost:
>
>> 2. So far sending XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml is wrong
>
> What do you mean with this sentence? I don't get it clearly.

need coffee and sleep
	text/html, I meant


>>    (Note btw, that once the validator sends accept header  
>> application, the
>>     configuration mistake of Sierk would not be detected, which is  
>> bad too)
>
> What do you mean with this sentence? I don't get it clearly.
> What kind of Accept Header precisely will Validator send?
> What does "once the validator sends accept header application"  
> clearly means?
> Why wouldn't it be detected by my configuration either?

If you have configured to send
	XHTML 1.1 as text/html to IE. It is wrong
if the validator sees only the version you send with the appropriate  
mime-type, then your case for IE stays undetected and you perpetuate  
your mistake.


> Would you point each user out there to configure his browser/OS so,  
> that Firefox will open, if he wants to surf a XHTML webpage, which  
> is served with "appliocation/xhtml+xml"?
> I think, you wouldn't. Because that's far from being practical for  
> public. If that is your intention, then XHTML 1.1 and all  
> successors have no chance to be used public and they would never have.

I explained what I was doing.


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Received on Saturday, 28 April 2007 02:01:03 UTC