Re: A broken browser
M. Hedlund (hedlund@best.com)
Wed, 8 Jan 1997 11:10:49 -0800 (PST)
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Martin J. Duerst wrote:
> Relativity is relative. Relative to what?
[...]
> If the general consensus is therefore indeed to go towards
> multiplicity, the consistent solution is to assume (or spell
> out) that q=0.0 means NOT desired, and not just LEAST desired.
I still don't get it. "Accept" means "I accept these." Why should the
"Accept" header allow you to say "I don't accept this"? Wouldn't that be a
"Preferences" header, instead? If you don't want to accept something,
leave it out of the accept header!
I still like this:
if no Accept is found
assume Accept: */* and send anything
if this Content-Type is in the Accept header
you can send it
if there is an Accept header but this Content-Type is not in it
don't send it
Isn't that clear?
Marc Hedlund <hedlund@best.com>